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Lexicon :: Strong's H3772 - kāraṯ

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כָּרַת
Transliteration
kāraṯ
Pronunciation
kaw-rath'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1048

Strong’s Definitions

כָּרַת kârath, kaw-rath'; 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), × lose, perish, × utterly, × want.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 288x

The KJV translates Strong's H3772 in the following manner: cut off (145x), make (85x), cut down (23x), cut (9x), fail (6x), destroy (4x), want (3x), covenanted (2x), hew (2x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 288x
The KJV translates Strong's H3772 in the following manner: cut off (145x), make (85x), cut down (23x), cut (9x), fail (6x), destroy (4x), want (3x), covenanted (2x), hew (2x), miscellaneous (9x).

  1. to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant

    1. (Qal)

      1. to cut off

        1. to cut off a body part, behead

      2. to cut down

      3. to hew

      4. to cut or make a covenant

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be cut off

      2. to be cut down

      3. to be chewed

      4. to be cut off, fail

    3. (Pual)

      1. to be cut off

      2. to be cut down

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to cut off

      2. to cut off, destroy

      3. to cut down, destroy

      4. to take away

      5. to permit to perish

    5. (Hophal) cut off

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּרַת kârath, kaw-rath'; 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), × lose, perish, × utterly, × want.
STRONGS H3772: Abbreviations
† כָּרַת 291 verb cut off, cut down (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian karâtu, II. hew off DlHWB 357); —
Qal Perfect כ׳ Genesis 15:18 + 19 times; 2nd person masculine singular כָּרָ֑תָּ Deuteronomy 20:20; 1st person singular כָּרַתִּי Exodus 34:27 + 15 times; + 8 times Perfect; Imperfect יִכְרֹת Job 40:28 + 21 times; 2nd person masculine singular תִּכְרָתֿ Isaiah 57:8; 1st person singular אֶכְרוֺת Isaiah 61:8; 1 Samuel 11:2; אֶכְרְתָה Isaiah 55:3; 3rd person masculine plural יִכְרֹ֑תוּ Hosea 12:2; Psalm 83:6; 1st person plural נִכְרְתָה Genesis 26:28; Genesis 31:44; suffix נִכְרְתֶנּוּ Jeremiah 11:19; + 31 times Imperfect Imperative כְּרָתֿ 1 Samuel 11:1; כָּרְתָה 2 Samuel 3:12; + 4 times Imperative; Infinitive absolute כָּרֹת Hosea 10:4; כָּרוֺת Nehemiah 9:8; construct כְּרֹת Jeremiah 34:8 + 2 times; כְּרָתֿ Isaiah 44:14 + 2 times; כְּרוֺת 2 Chronicles 2:7; 2 Chronicles 29:10; suffix כָּרְתִי 1 Samuel 24:12; Participle active כֹּרֵת Exodus 34:10 + 3 times; + 3 times Participle active passive כָּרוּת Leviticus 22:24; construct כְּרוּת Deuteronomy 23:2; plural ת [וֺ]כְּרֻת [H3773 1 Kings 7:12] + 3 times; —
1. cut off :
a. things: with accusative foreskin Exodus 4:25 (J); privy member Leviticus 22:24 (H) Deuteronomy 23:2; cluster of grapes Numbers 13:23, 24 (E); bough of tree Judges 9:48, 49; skirt 1 Samuel 24:5; 1 Samuel 24:6; 1 Samuel 24:12; head of man 1 Samuel 17:51; 1 Samuel 31:9; 2 Samuel 20:22; garments 2 Samuel 10:4 = 1 Chronicles 19:4; palms of hands 1 Samuel 5:4; sprigs Isaiah 18:5.
b. persons, with accusative of person מִן location Jeremiah 11:19; Jeremiah 50:16.
2. cut down, with accusative trees Deuteronomy 19:5; Deuteronomy 20:19, 20; 2 Kings 19:23 = Isaiah 37:24; Isaiah 44:14; Jeremiah 6:6; Jeremiah 10:3; Jeremiah 22:7; Jeremiah 46:23; Ezekiel 31:12; asherim Exodus 34:13 (J) Judges 6:25, 26, 30; 1 Kings 15:13 2 Chronicles 15:16; 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 23:14
3. hew, timber 1 Kings 5:20 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 2:7; 2 Chronicles 2:15; Isaiah 14:8; כֹּרְתֵי הָעֵצִים hewers of timber 2 Chronicles 2:9; כְּרֻת(וֺ)ת hewn beams H37731 Kings 6:36; H37731 Kings 7:2, H37731 Kings 7:12;
4. בְּרִית כ׳ cut, or make a covenant (because of the cutting up and distribution of the flesh of the victim for eating in the sacrifice of the covenants, see בְּרִית); הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר כ׳ the calf which they cut Jeremiah 34:18 (referring to Genesis 15:10); עֲלֵיזֶֿבַח Psalm 50:5; absolute Genesis 21:27, 32; Genesis 31:44 (E) 1 Samuel 18:3; 1 Kings 5:26; Hosea 10:4; with אֶת with Genesis 15:18; Exodus 34:27; Deuteronomy 31:16 (J) Deuteronomy 5:3; Deuteronomy 28:69 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 29:13; 2 Samuel 3:12, 13, 21; 2 Kings 17:15, 35, 38; Isaiah 28:15; Jeremiah 11:10; Jeremiah 31:31, 32, 33; Jeremiah 34:8, 13; Ezekiel 17:13; Zechariah 11:10; Psalm 105:9 = 1 Chronicles 16:16; with עִם Genesis 26:28 (J) Exodus 24:8 (E) Deuteronomy 4:23; Deuteronomy 5:2; Deuteronomy 9:9; Deuteronomy 29:11; Deuteronomy 29:24; 1 Kings 8:21 2 Chronicles 6:11; 23:3; Nehemiah 9:8; Hosea 2:20; Hosea 12:2; Job 40:28; בְּ׳ omitted 1 Samuel 20:16; 1 Samuel 22:8; 1 Kings 8:9 2 Chronicles 5:10; with לְ Exodus 23:32; Exodus 34:12, 15; Joshua 9:6, 7, 11, 15, 16; Joshua 24:25 (JE) Deuteronomy 7:2; Judges 2:2; 1 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 5:3; 1 Kings 20:34; 2 Kings 11:4; 1 Chronicles 11:3; 2 Chronicles 21:7; 29:10; Ezra 10:3; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 32:40; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:26; Job 31:1; Psalm 89:4; בְּ׳ omitted 1 Samuel 11:2; 2 Chronicles 7:18; נֶגֶד Exodus 34:10 (J); לִפְנֵי 1 Samuel 23:18; 2 Kings 23:3 2 Chronicles 34:31; Jeremiah 34:15, 18; בֵּין וּבֵין 2 Kings 11:17; 2 Chronicles 23:16; with עַל against, Psalm 83:6; אֲמָנָה is used for ברית Nehemiah 10:1; and דָּבָר Haggai 2:5.
Note. — וַתִּכְרָתלָֿךְ מֵהֶם Isaiah 57:8 is usually rendered as RV made for thee a covenant with them, with ellipsis of בּ׳ as above. But מִן is not used in such a construction. The clause is commonly regarded as corrupt by recent critics. Gr emends עִמָּהֶם for מֵהֶם, this is easiest and gives the usual construction; Du followed by Buhl, reads וַתִּכְרִי after Hosea 3:2.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִכְרַת Joel 1:5 + 5 times; נִכְרָ֑ת Joel 1:16 + 2 times; 3rd person feminine singular נִכְרְתָה Genesis 17:14 + 16 times; נִכְרָ֑תָה Psalm 37:38; 2nd person masculine singular נִכְרַתָּ Obadiah 10; + 8 times Perfect; Imperfect יִכָרֵת Genesis 9:11 + 21 times; יִכָּֽרֶתֿ Obadiah 9; 3rd person masculine plural יִכָּֽרְתוּ Zechariah 13:8; יִכָּרֵת֑וּן Joshua 3:13; Psalm 37:9; + 9 times Imperfect; Infinitive הִכָּרֵת Numbers 15:31; Psalm 37:34. —
1. be cut off:
a. of things, forward tongue Proverbs 10:31; burden from a nail Isaiah 22:25; chariots Zechariah 9:10; dwelling Zephaniah 3:7.
b. of persons, the people of the land by a famine (בְּ) Genesis 41:36 (E); all flesh by waters of deluge (מִמֵּי) Genesis 9:11 (P); the anointed Daniel 9:26; enemies Isaiah 11:13; Micah 5:8; the wicked Isaiah 29:20; Hosea 8:4; Nahum 2:1; Psalm 37:9; Psalm 37:22; Psalm 37:28; Psalm 37:34; Psalm 37:38; Proverbs 2:22; others Obadiah 9, Obadiah 10; Zephaniah 1:11; Zechariah 13:8; Zechariah 14:2.
c. in the technical phrases of H and P וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ ההיא that person shall be cut off (by death penalty) מֵעַמֶּיהָ Genesis 17:14; Leviticus 7:20, 21, 25, 27; Numbers 9:13; Leviticus 19:8; מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל Exodus 12:15; Numbers 19:13; מֵעֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל Exodus 12:19; מִקֶּרֶב עַמֶּיהָ Exodus 31:14; Numbers 15:30; (עַמָּהּ); מִלְּפָנַי Leviticus 22:3; מִתּוֺךְ הַקָּהָל Numbers 19:20; similarly with variation of subject Exodus 30:33, 38; Leviticus 17:4, 9; Leviticus 18:29; Leviticus 20:18; Leviticus 23:29, and with omission of word with מִן Leviticus 17:14; Leviticus 20:17; Numbers 15:31 (twice in verse).
2. be cut down, a tree Job 14:7.
3. be chewed between the teeth Numbers 11:33 (J).
4. be cut off, in a more general sense, fail: of waters Joshua 3:13, 16 (JE) Joshua 4:7 (twice in verse) (D); new wine Joel 1:5; meat Joel 1:16; hope Proverbs 23:18; Proverbs 24:14; a name Isaiah 48:19; Isaiah 56:5; Ruth 4:10; a sign Isaiah 55:13; faithfulness Jeremiah 7:28; אִישׁ לֹא יִכָּרֵת לְ׳ there shall not fail thee a man 1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 8:25 2 Chronicles 6:16; 1 Kings 9:5 2 Chronicles 7:18; Jeremiah 33:17, 18; Jeremiah 35:19; לא יכרת מן there shall not fail of Joshua 9:23 (J) 2 Samuel 3:29.
Pual Perfect כָּרַּת Ezekiel 16:4; 3rd person feminine singular כֹּרָ֑תָה Judges 6:28; —
1. be cut off, navel string Ezekiel 16:4.
2. be cut down, Asherah Judges 6:28.
Hiph. Perfect הִכְרִית 1 Samuel 28:9; 1 Kings 11:16; 3rd person feminine singular הִכְרִיתָה Leviticus 26:22; 1st person singular הִכְרַתִּי Joshua 23:4 + 32 times; + 4 times Perfect; Imperfect יַכְרִית Deuteronomy 12:29 + 2 times; jussive יַכְרֵת Psalm 12:4 + 4 times; 1st person singular וָֽֽֽאַכְרִ֫תָה 2 Samuel 7:9; 1st person plural suffix וְנַכְרִיתֶנָּה Jeremiah 48:2; + 9 times Imperfect; Infinitive הַכְרִית Jeremiah 44:8 + 15 times; הַכְרִת 1 Samuel 20:15; + suffix + 2 times —
1. cut off, flattering lips Psalm 12:4.
2. cut off, destroy the life of:
a. animals with accusative, cattle Leviticus 26:22 (H); with accusative and מִן frogs Exodus 8:5 (J); horses Micah 5:9; Zechariah 9:10.
b. of men absolute Psalm 109:13, by men, with accusative enemies Judges 4:24; 1 Samuel 24:22; 1 Kings 11:16; 1 Kings 14:14; 1 Kings 18:4; 2 Chronicles 22:7; Isaiah 10:7; Ezekiel 17:17; Obadiah 14; with accusative and מִן enemies Joshua 11:21; Jeremiah 48:2; the wicked Psalm 101:8; a clan Numbers 4:18 (P); young men by death Jeremiah 9:20; people by the sword Nahum 3:15; necromancers 1 Samuel 28:9; the name Joshua 7:9.
c. of men, by God with accucusative. (הַ)גּוֺיִם Deuteronomy 19:1; Joshua 23:4 (D) Zephaniah 3:6; various persons and things Isaiah 48:9; Jeremiah 44:11; Jeremiah 51:62; Ezekiel 25:16; Ezekiel 30:15; Zechariah 9:6; with accusative and מִן Ezekiel 25:7; Amos 1:5, 8; Amos 2:3; מֵאֶרֶץ Nahum 2:14; Psalm 34:17 = Psalm 109:15; מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל Isaiah 9:13; מִיַּד Micah 5:11; מִפָּנֶיךָ Deuteronomy 12:29; 2 Samuel 7:9 = 1 Chronicles 17:8; פְּנֵי מֵעַל הָאֲדָמָה 1 Samuel 20:15; 1 Kings 9:7; Zephaniah 1:3; מִקֶּרֶב עַמּוֺ Leviticus 17:10; Leviticus 20:3, 5, 6 (H); מִתּוֺךְ עַמִּי Ezekiel 14:8; Ezekiel says also מִן הכ׳ וּבְהֵמָה אָדָס ֗֗֗ Ezekiel 14:13, 17, 19, 21; Ezekiel 25:13; Ezekiel 29:8; צדיק ורשׁע Ezekiel 21:8; Ezekiel 21:9; עבר ושׁב Ezekiel 35:7; with accusative and לְ cutt off, to, or from Isaiah 14:22; Jeremiah 44:7, 8; Jeremiah 47:4; מַשְׁתִּין בְּקִיר לְ׳ כ׳ 1 Kings 14:10; 1 Kings 21:21; 2 Kings 9:8; מעם מזבח ל׳ כ׳ 1 Samuel 2:33; לָאִישׁ מֵאָֽהֳלֵי יַעֲקֹב יַכְרֵת י׳ Malachi 2:12 may Yahweh cut off to the man — from the tents of Jacob.
3. cut down, destroy, cities Micah 5:10, sun-pillars Leviticus 26:30 (H); and other things used in idolartry Nahum 1:14; Zephaniah 1:4; מן הארץ Zechariah 13:2; מִקֶּרֶב Micah 5:12.
4. take away, חֶסֶד מֵעִם kindness from 1 Samuel 20:15.
5. permit to perish, מֵהַבְּהֵמָה (some) of the cattle 1 Kings 18:5.
Hoph. Perfect הָכְרַת מִנְחָה וָנֶסֶךְ מִבֵּית י׳ Joel 1:9.
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Genesis

9:11; 9:11; 15:10; 15:18; 15:18; 17:14; 17:14; 21:27; 21:32; 26:28; 26:28; 31:44; 31:44; 41:36

Exodus

4:25; 8:5; 12:15; 12:19; 23:32; 24:8; 30:33; 30:38; 31:14; 34:10; 34:10; 34:12; 34:13; 34:15; 34:27; 34:27

Leviticus

7:20; 7:21; 7:25; 7:27; 17:4; 17:9; 17:10; 17:14; 18:29; 19:8; 20:3; 20:5; 20:6; 20:17; 20:18; 22:3; 22:24; 22:24; 23:29; 26:22; 26:22; 26:30

Numbers

4:18; 9:13; 11:33; 13:23; 13:24; 15:30; 15:31; 15:31; 19:13; 19:20

Deuteronomy

4:23; 5:2; 5:3; 7:2; 9:9; 12:29; 12:29; 19:1; 19:5; 20:19; 20:20; 20:20; 23:2; 23:2; 29:11; 29:13; 29:24; 31:16

Joshua

3:13; 3:13; 3:16; 4:7; 7:9; 9:6; 9:7; 9:11; 9:15; 9:16; 9:23; 11:21; 23:4; 23:4; 24:25

Judges

2:2; 4:24; 6:25; 6:26; 6:28; 6:28; 6:30; 9:48; 9:49

Ruth

4:10

1 Samuel

2:33; 5:4; 11:1; 11:1; 11:2; 11:2; 17:51; 18:3; 20:15; 20:15; 20:15; 20:16; 22:8; 23:18; 24:5; 24:6; 24:12; 24:12; 24:22; 28:9; 28:9; 31:9

2 Samuel

3:12; 3:12; 3:13; 3:21; 3:29; 5:3; 7:9; 7:9; 10:4; 20:22

1 Kings

2:4; 6:36; 7:2; 7:12; 8:9; 8:21; 8:25; 9:5; 9:7; 11:16; 11:16; 14:10; 14:14; 15:13; 18:4; 18:5; 20:34; 21:21

2 Kings

9:8; 11:4; 11:17; 17:15; 17:35; 17:38; 18:4; 19:23; 23:3; 23:14

1 Chronicles

11:3; 16:16; 17:8; 19:4

2 Chronicles

2:7; 2:7; 2:9; 2:15; 5:10; 6:11; 6:16; 7:18; 7:18; 15:16; 21:7; 22:7; 23:3; 23:16; 29:10; 29:10; 34:31

Ezra

10:3

Nehemiah

9:8; 9:8; 10:1

Job

14:7; 31:1

Psalms

12:4; 12:4; 34:17; 37:9; 37:9; 37:22; 37:28; 37:34; 37:34; 37:38; 37:38; 50:5; 83:6; 83:6; 89:4; 101:8; 105:9; 109:13; 109:15

Proverbs

2:22; 10:31; 23:18; 24:14

Isaiah

9:13; 10:7; 11:13; 14:8; 14:22; 18:5; 22:25; 28:15; 29:20; 37:24; 44:14; 44:14; 48:9; 48:19; 55:3; 55:3; 55:13; 56:5; 57:8; 57:8; 61:8; 61:8

Jeremiah

6:6; 7:28; 9:20; 10:3; 11:10; 11:19; 11:19; 22:7; 31:31; 31:32; 31:33; 32:40; 33:17; 33:18; 34:8; 34:8; 34:13; 34:15; 34:18; 34:18; 35:19; 44:7; 44:8; 44:8; 44:11; 46:23; 47:4; 48:2; 48:2; 50:16; 51:62

Ezekiel

14:8; 14:13; 14:17; 14:19; 14:21; 16:4; 16:4; 17:13; 17:17; 21:8; 21:9; 25:7; 25:13; 25:16; 29:8; 30:15; 31:12; 34:25; 35:7; 37:26

Daniel

9:26

Hosea

2:20; 3:2; 8:4; 10:4; 10:4; 12:2; 12:2

Joel

1:5; 1:5; 1:9; 1:16; 1:16

Amos

1:5; 1:8; 2:3

Obadiah

1:9; 1:9; 1:10; 1:10; 1:14

Micah

5:8; 5:9; 5:10; 5:11; 5:12

Nahum

1:14; 2:1; 3:15

Zephaniah

1:3; 1:4; 1:11; 3:6; 3:7

Haggai

2:5

Zechariah

9:6; 9:10; 9:10; 11:10; 13:2; 13:8; 13:8; 14:2

Malachi

2:12

H3772

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Strong's Number H3772 matches the Hebrew כָּרַת (kāraṯ),
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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:7 - then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:9 - For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:6 - And they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant country, so now make a covenant with us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a covenant with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:11 - So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, ‘Take provisions in your hand for the journey and go to meet them and say to them, “We are your servants. Come now, make a covenant with us.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:15 - And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:16 - At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors and that they lived among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:21 - And Joshua came at that time and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction with their cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:4 - Behold, I have allotted to you as an inheritance for your tribes those nations that remain, along with all the nations that I have already cut off, from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:25 - So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and put in place statutes and rules for them at Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:2 - and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed my voice. What is this you have done?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:24 - And the hand of the people of Israel pressed harder and harder against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - That night the LORD said to him, “Take your father’s bull, and the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:26 - and build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of the stronghold here, with stones laid in due order. Then take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah that you shall cut down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 - When the men of the town rose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - Then the men of the town said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has broken down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah beside it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48 - And Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him. And Abimelech took an axe in his hand and cut down a bundle of brushwood and took it up and laid it on his shoulder. And he said to the men who were with him, “What you have seen me do, hurry and do as I have done.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - So every one of the people cut down his bundle and following Abimelech put it against the stronghold, and they set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the Tower of Shechem also died, about 1,000 men and women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:10 - Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:33 - The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep his[fn] eyes out to grieve his heart, and all the descendants[fn] of your house shall die by the sword of men.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:4 - But when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the LORD, and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off on the threshold. Only the trunk of Dagon was left to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:2 - But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make a treaty with you, that I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus bring disgrace on all Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:51 - Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:3 - Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:15 - and do not cut off[fn] your steadfast love from my house forever, when the LORD cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:16 - And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May[fn] the LORD take vengeance on David’s enemies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - that all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:18 - And the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. David remained at Horesh, and Jonathan went home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:4 - And the men of David said to him, “Here is the day of which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.’” Then David arose and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

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