Strong’s G2991 · Greek

λαξευτός
laxeutós

Definition

rock-quarried

Etymology

from a compound of (a stone) and the base of G3584 (ξηρός) (in its original sense of scraping);

Where the KJV renders it

  • hewn in stone

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