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    STONECUTTER

    A hewer of stone; one who cuts, carves or dresses stones to be used for building purposes. (2 Ki 12:11, 12; 2 Chron. 24:12) King David made alien residents in Israel stone hewers “to hew squared stones” (cutting them to the proper size) for the prospective temple of Jehovah.—1 Chron. 22:2, 15; compare 1 Kings 6:7; see QUARRY.