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. Proverbs 2:22 יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ yi.ka.Re.tu · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

  2. Proverbs 10:31 תִּכָּרֵֽת׃ ti.ka.Ret · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

  3. Proverbs 23:18 תִכָּרֵֽת׃ ti.ka.Ret · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.

  4. Proverbs 24:14 תִכָּרֵֽת׃ פ ti.ka.Ret · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off.

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