כָּרַת

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

• to cut: eliminate H3772I · a Meaning of 137
• to cut: make(covenant) H3772H · a Meaning of 88
• to cut: cut H3772G 52
• to cut: lack H3772J · a Meaning of 11

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. 1 Samuel 2:33 אַכְרִ֤ית 'akh.Rit · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

   And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age.

2. 1 Samuel 5:4 כְּרֻתוֹת֙ ke.ru.tOt · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

   And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands lay cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

3. 1 Samuel 11:1 כְּרָת־ ke.rot- · A command to you: simple action

   Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

4. 1 Samuel 11:2 אֶכְרֹ֣ת 'ekh.Rot · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

   And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.

5. 1 Samuel 17:51 וַיִּכְרָת־ vai.yikh.rot- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

6. 1 Samuel 18:3 וַיִּכְרֹ֧ת vai.yikh.Rot · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

7. 1 Samuel 20:15 תַכְרִ֧ת takh.Rit · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

   but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever; no, not when Jehovah hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

8. 1 Samuel 20:15 בְּהַכְרִ֤ת be.hakh.Rit · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

   but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever; no, not when Jehovah hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

9. 1 Samuel 20:16 וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת vai.yikh.Rot · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David's enemies.

10. 1 Samuel 22:8 בִּכְרָת־ bikh.rot- · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that discloseth to me when my son maketh a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or discloseth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

11. 1 Samuel 23:18 וַיִּכְרְת֧וּ vai.yikh.re.Tu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

12. 1 Samuel 24:4 וַיִּכְרֹ֛ת vai.yikh.Rot · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the men of David said unto him, Behold, the day of which Jehovah said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thy hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.

13. 1 Samuel 24:5 כָּרַ֔ת ka.Rat · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

14. 1 Samuel 24:11 בְּכָרְתִי֩ be.kha.re.Ti · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou huntest after my life to take it.

15. 1 Samuel 24:21 תַּכְרִ֥ית takh.Rit · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Swear now therefore unto me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.

16. 1 Samuel 28:9 הִכְרִ֛ית hikh.Rit · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

17. 1 Samuel 31:9 וַֽיִּכְרְתוּ֙ vai.yikh.re.Tu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto the house of their idols, and to the people.

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