Hewer
King James Dictionary [1]
HEW'ER, n. One who hews wood or stone.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(n.) One who hews.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
hū´ẽr ( חטב , ḥōṭēbh ): Applies especially to a wood-worker or wood-gatherer (compare Arabic ḥaṭṭāb , "a woodman") ( Joshua 9:21 , Joshua 9:23 , Joshua 9:17; 2 Chronicles 2:10; Jeremiah 46:22 ). Gathering wood, like drawing water, was a menial task. Special servants were assigned to the work ( Deuteronomy 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 .
חצב , ḥācbh , from the root "to cut" or "to carve," applies to hewers of stone in 1 Kings 5:15; 2 Kings 12:12; 1 Chronicles 22:15; 2 Chronicles 2:18 .
