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. 2 Samuel 3:12 כָּרְתָ֤ה ka.re.Tah · A command to you: simple action

   And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

2. 2 Samuel 3:13 אֶכְרֹ֥ת 'ekh.Rot · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

   And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I require of thee: that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

3. 2 Samuel 3:21 וְיִכְרְת֤וּ ve.yikh.re.Tu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

   And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

4. 2 Samuel 3:29 יִכָּרֵ֣ת yi.ka.Ret · A mild command: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.

5. 2 Samuel 5:3 וַיִּכְרֹ֣ת vai.yikh.Rot · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel.

6. 2 Samuel 7:9 וָאַכְרִ֥תָה va.'akh.Ri.tah · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by me

   and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.

7. 2 Samuel 10:4 וַיִּכְרֹ֧ת vai.yikh.Rot · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

8. 2 Samuel 20:22 וַֽיִּכְרְת֞וּ vai.yikh.re.Tu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

   Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. And he blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

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