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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