Engraving
פִּתּוּחַStrong’s H6603pittuach (pit-tu-ach)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Pittuach is the Hebrew word usually translated “engravings of”, “engravings” and “engraving”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.”
Meaning
- Engraving, carving
How it's translated
- engravings of 7
- engravings 1
- engraving 1
- engravings its 1
- engraving its 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 6
- 2 Chronicles 2
- 1 Kings 1
- Psalms 1
- Zechariah 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 28:11With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
- Exodus 28:21And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
- Exodus 28:36And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
- Exodus 39:6And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
- Exodus 39:14And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
- Exodus 39:30And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
Hebrew dictionary
פִּתּוּחַ pittuach · engraving
engraving, carving
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “engraving” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ENGRA'VING, participle present
tense Cutting or marking stones or metals, with a chisel or graver; imprinting.
All definitions and other forms of “engraving”
ENGRA'VING, noun
The act or art of cutting stones, metals and other hard substances, and representing thereon figures, letters, characters and devices; a branch of sculpture.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.