HEWER - 7 definitions found
hewer n 1: a person who hews Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) hewer noun see hew Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary hewer ˈhju:ə n. 1 a person who hews. 2 a person who cuts coal from a seam. øhewers of wood and drawers of water menial drudges; labourers (Josh. 9:21). Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Hewer \Hew"er\, n. One who hews. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia HEWER hu'-er (choTebh): Applies especially to a wood-worker or wood-gatherer (compare Arabic chattab, "a woodman") (Jos 9:21,23,17; 2Ch 2:10; Jer 46:22). Gathering wood, like drawing water, was a menial task. Special servants were assigned to the work (De 29:11). Joshua set the Gibeonites to hewing wood and drawing water as a punishment for their trickery, whereas were it not for the oath which the Israelites had sworn, the Gibeonites would probably have been killed. See DRAWER OF WATER. chatsbh, from the root "to cut" or "to carve," applies to hewers of stone in 1Ki 5:15; 2Ki 12:12; 1Ch 22:15; 2Ch 2:18. James A. Patch |
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