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Webster's 1828 DictionaryHEW'ER, n. One who hews wood or stone. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)n Merriam Webster'snoun see hew Oxford Reference Dictionaryn. 1 a person who hews. 2 a person who cuts coal from a seam. Phrases and idioms: hewers of wood and drawers of water menial drudges; labourers (Josh. Webster's 1913 DictionaryHewer Hew"er, n. One who hews. International Standard Bible Encyclopediahu'-er (choTebh): Applies especially to a wood-worker or wood-gatherer (compare Arabic chattab, "a woodman") (Jos 9:21,23,17; 2Ch 2:10; Jer 46:22). Gathering wood, like drawing water, was a menial task. Special servants were assigned to the work (De 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. |