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. 2 Chronicles 23:16 וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת vai.yikh.Rot · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah's people.

  2. 2 Chronicles 29:10 לִכְר֣וֹת likh.Rot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

  3. 2 Chronicles 34:31 וַיִּכְרֹ֣ת vai.yikh.Rot · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.

  4. Ezra 10:3 נִֽכְרָת־ nikh.rot- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

  5. Nehemiah 9:8 וְכָר֨וֹת ve.kha.Rot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.

  6. Nehemiah 9:38 כֹּרְתִ֥ים ko.re.Tim · An -ing word: simple action

    And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.

  7. Job 14:7 יִ֭כָּרֵת Yi.ka.ret · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

  8. Job 31:1 כָּרַ֣תִּי ka.Ra.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

  9. Job 41:4 הֲיִכְרֹ֣ת ha.yikh.Rot · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

  10. Psalms 12:3 יַכְרֵ֣ת yakh.Ret · A mild command: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;

  11. Psalms 34:16 לְהַכְרִ֖ית le.hakh.Rit · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  12. Psalms 37:9 יִכָּרֵת֑וּן yi.ka.re.Tun · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land.

  13. Psalms 37:22 יִכָּרֵֽתוּ׃ yi.ka.Re.tu · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.

  14. Psalms 37:28 נִכְרָֽת׃ nikh.Rat · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

  15. Psalms 37:34 בְּהִכָּרֵ֖ת be.hi.ka.Ret · The “to do” form of an action: receiving the action

    Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, And he will exalt thee to inherit the land: When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

  16. Psalms 37:38 נִכְרָֽתָה׃ nikh.Ra.tah · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.

  17. Psalms 50:5 כֹּרְתֵ֖י ko.re.Tei · An -ing word: simple action

    Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

  18. Psalms 83:5 יִכְרֹֽתוּ׃ yikh.Ro.tu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant:

  19. Psalms 89:3 כָּרַ֣תִּֽי ka.Ra.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:

  20. Psalms 101:8 לְהַכְרִ֥ית le.hakh.Rit · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.

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