Hew Down Hew Hewn

Hew Down Hew Hewn

'''A — 1: ἐκκόπτω (Strong'S #1581 — Verb — ekkopto — ek-kop'-to )

"to cut out or down" (ek, "out of," kopto, "to cut"), is rendered "to hew down," of trees,  Matthew 3:10;  7:19 (a similar testimony by John the Baptist and Christ);   Luke 3:9 . See Cut , Hinder.

'''A — 2: λατομέω (Strong'S #2998 — Verb — latomeo — lat-om-eh'-o )

signifies "to hew out stones" (from latomos, "a stone-cutter;" las, "a stone," temno, "to cut"), and is used of the sepulchre which Joseph of Arimathaea had "hewn" out of a rock for himself, where the body of the Lord was buried,  Matthew 27:60;  Mark 15:46 .

'''B — 1: λαξευτός (Strong'S #2991 — Adjective — laxeutos — lax-yoo-tos' )

denotes "hewn in stone" (las, "a stone," xeo, "to scrape;" cp. A, No. 2), is used of Christ's tomb, in  Luke 23:53 .