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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Hew, Hew Down, Hewn
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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"to cut out or down" (ek, "out of," kopto, "to cut"), is rendered "to hew down," of trees, Matthew 3:10; 7:19 (a similar testimony by John the Baptist and Christ); Luke 3:9 . See CUT , HINDER.
signifies "to hew out stones" (from latomos, "a stone-cutter;" las, "a stone," temno, "to cut"), and is used of the sepulchre which Joseph of Arimathaea had "hewn" out of a rock for himself, where the body of the Lord was buried, Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46 .
denotes "hewn in stone" (las, "a stone," xeo, "to scrape;" cp. A, No. 2), is used of Christ's tomb, in Luke 23:53 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Hew, Hew Down, Hewn'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/h/hew-hew-down-hewn.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Hew, Hew Down, Hewn'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/h/hew-hew-down-hewn.html. 1940.
