Word study

Engrave

9 Hebrew and 1 Greek words behind this English word

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: engraved, engrave, engraving, engravings, engraves. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “engrave” or one of its forms.

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

  • פָּתַח pâthachopentranslated this way 8 times of its 141 uses · Strong’s H6605Verb  ·  Translated: open 50, opened 40, engrave 4, opens 3

    Exodus 28:9 Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:

    1 Kings 7:36 He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.

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  • פִּתּוּחַ pittûachengravingtranslated this way 4 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s H6603Noun  ·  Translated: engraves 1, engraved 1, stone was engraved 1, engravings 1

    Exodus 28:11 Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings.

    1 Kings 6:29 Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

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  • חָרַת chârathgrave, engravetranslated this way 1 time of its 1 use · Strong’s H2801Verb  ·  Translated: engraved 1

    Exodus 32:16 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

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  • כָּתַב kâthabwritetranslated this way 1 time of its 219 uses · Strong’s H3789Verb  ·  Translated: written 104, write 29, wrote 21, recorded 16

    Exodus 39:30 They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.

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  • חָרַשׁ chârashcut in, engrave, plough, devisetranslated this way 1 time of its 69 uses · Strong’s H2790Verb  ·  Translated: silent 11, plow 6, plowed 5, quiet 5

    Jeremiah 17:1 “The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.

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  • חָקָה châqâhcut in, carvetranslated this way 1 time of its 4 uses · Strong’s H2707Verb  ·  Translated: carvings 1, set a limit 1, engraved 1, portrayed 1

    Ezekiel 8:10 So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel.

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  • חָקַק châqaqcut in, inscribe, decreetranslated this way 1 time of its 19 uses · Strong’s H2710Verb  ·  Translated: inscribed 3, scepter 2

    Ezekiel 23:14 But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,

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  • חֶרֶט chereṭgraving-tool, stylustranslated this way 1 time of its 2 uses · Strong’s H2747Noun  ·  Translated: engraving tool 1, stylus 1

    Exodus 32:4 He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

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  • מִקְלַעַת miqlaathcarvingtranslated this way 1 time of its 3 uses · Strong’s H4734Noun  ·  Translated: carved 2, engravings 1

    1 Kings 7:31 The opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.

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Greek words (New Testament)

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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.