Saw
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1):
(v. t.) Something said; speech; discourse.
(2):
(imp.) of See
(3):
(v. t.) A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
(4):
(v. t.) Dictate; command; decree.
(5):
(n.) An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.
(6):
(v. t.) To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
(7):
imp. of See.
(8):
(v. t.) To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.
(9):
(v. t.) Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
(10):
(v. i.) To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
(11):
(v. i.) To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
(12):
(v. i.) To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
Saw. Egyptian saws, so far as has yet been discovered, are single-handed. As is the case in modern Oriental saws, the teeth usually incline toward the handle, instead of away from it, like ours. They have, in most cases, bronze blades, apparently attached to the handles by leathern thongs. No evidence exists of the use of the saw applied to stone in Egypt, but we read of sawn stones used in the Temple. 1 Kings 7:9. The saws "under" or "in" which David is said to have placed his captives were of iron. The expression in 2 Samuel 12:31 does not necessarily imply torture, but the word "cut" in 1 Chronicles 20:3 can hardly be understood otherwise.
King James Dictionary [3]
SAW, pret. of see.
SAW, n. See the Verb.
1. A cutting instrument consisting of a blade or thin plate of iron or steel, with one edge dentated or toothed. 2. A saying proverb maxim decree. Obs. See Say.
SAW, pret. sawed pp. sawed or sawn. L. seco
1. To cut with a saw to separate with a saw as, to saw timber or marble. 2. To form by cutting with a saw as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw timber into boards or planks.
SAW,
1. To use a saw to practice sawing as, a man saws well. 2. To cut with a saw as, the mill saws fast or well. 3. To be cut with a saw as, the timber saws smooth.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [4]
SAW . See Arts and Crafts, § 1 .
Holman Bible Dictionary [5]
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Saw'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/saw.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
