מַחְצֵבmachtsêb

hewing, always ׳ אַבְנֵי מ = hewn stones (2 Kings 12:13; 2 Kings 22:6; 2 Chronicles 34:11)

Pronunciation: makh-tsabe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4274

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 12:12 the masons, and the stonecutters. They also used the money to buy the timber and the finished stone needed for repairing the Lord’s Temple, and they paid any other expenses related to the Temple’s restoration.
  • 2 Kings 22:6 They will need to hire carpenters, builders, and masons. Also have them buy the timber and the finished stone needed to repair the Temple.
  • 2 Chronicles 34:11 They hired carpenters and builders, who purchased finished stone for the walls and timber for the rafters and beams. They restored what earlier kings of Judah had allowed to fall into ruin.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).