כָּרַת

ka.rat · to cut: eliminate

Hebrew · Strong's H3772 · Verb · Sounds like: kaw-rath' · 288 occurrences

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)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
כָּרַת 291 vb. cut off, cut down
Qal
1. cut off
2. cut down
3. hew, timber
4. cut, or make a covenant
Niph.
1. be cut off
2. be cut down
3. be chewed between the teeth
4. be cut off, in a more general sense fail
Pual
1. be cut off
2. be cut down
Hiph.
1. cut off, flattering lips
2. cut off, destroy the life of
3. cut down, destroy, cities
4. take away
5. permit to perish

Every occurrence

  1. Isaiah 9:14 וַיַּכְרֵ֨ת vai.yakh.Ret · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

  2. Isaiah 10:7 וּלְהַכְרִ֥ית u.le.hakh.Rit · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

  3. Isaiah 11:13 יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ yi.ka.Re.tu · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

  4. Isaiah 14:8 הַכֹּרֵ֖ת ha.ko.Ret · An -ing word: simple action

    Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid low, no hewer is come up against us.

  5. Isaiah 14:22 וְהִכְרַתִּ֨י ve.hikh.ra.Ti · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by me

    And I will rise up against them, saith Jehovah of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son's son, saith Jehovah.

  6. Isaiah 18:5 וְכָרַ֤ת ve.kha.Rat · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away and cut down.

  7. Isaiah 22:25 וְנִכְרַת֙ ve.nikh.Rat · An action: receiving the action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for Jehovah hath spoken it.

  8. Isaiah 28:15 כָּרַ֤תְנֽוּ ka.Rat.nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by us

    Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

  9. Isaiah 29:20 וְנִכְרְת֖וּ ve.nikh.re.Tu · An action: receiving the action, and then it will happen, done by them

    For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

  10. Isaiah 37:24 וְאֶכְרֹ֞ת ve.'ekh.Rot · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;

  11. Isaiah 44:14 לִכְרָת־ likh.rot- · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.

  12. Isaiah 48:9 הַכְרִיתֶֽךָ׃ hakh.ri.Te.kha · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

  13. Isaiah 48:19 יִכָּרֵ֧ת yi.ka.Ret · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.

  14. Isaiah 55:3 וְאֶכְרְתָ֤ה ve.'ekh.re.Tah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  15. Isaiah 55:13 יִכָּרֵֽת׃ ס yi.ka.Ret · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

  16. Isaiah 56:5 יִכָּרֵֽת׃ ס yi.ka.Ret · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

  17. Isaiah 57:8 וַתִּכְרָת־ va.tikh.rot- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by you

    And behind the doors and the posts hast thou set up thy memorial: for thou hast uncovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them: thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

  18. Isaiah 61:8 אֶכְר֥וֹת 'ekh.Rot · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

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