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. Psalms 105:9 כָּ֭רַת Ka.rat · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,

  2. Psalms 109:13 לְהַכְרִ֑ית le.hakh.Rit · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

  3. Psalms 109:15 וְיַכְרֵ֖ת ve.yakh.Ret · A mild command: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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:

  16. 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;

  17. 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;

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

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