γλυφή
carving, engraving
Where this word appears
Every passage where γλυφή appears in the Greek Septuagint — 8 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 25:7 γλυφή and sardius stones, and stones for the carved work of the breast-plate, and the full-length robe.
- Exodus 28:21 γλυφή And let the stones of the names of the children of Israel be twelve according to their names, engravings as of seals: let them be for the twelve tribes each according to the name.
- Exodus 35:9 γλυφή And every man that is wise in heart among you, let him come and work all things whatever the Lord has commanded.
- 1 Kings 7:27 γλυφή And he made ten brazen bases: five cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and its height was six cubits.
- 2 Chronicles 2:6 γλυφή And who will be able to build him a house? for the heaven and heaven of heavens do not bear his glory: and who am I, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
- 2 Chronicles 2:13 γλυφή And now I have sent you a wise and understanding man who belonged to Chiram my father
- Ezekiel 41:25 γλυφή And there was carved work upon them, and cherubs on the doors of the temple, and palm-trees according to the carving of the sanctuary; and there were stout planks in front of the porch without.
- Ezekiel 41:25 γλυφή And there was carved work upon them, and cherubs on the doors of the temple, and palm-trees according to the carving of the sanctuary; and there were stout planks in front of the porch without.
About this word
About this word
γλυφή (glyphḗ), “carving, engraving,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 8 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →