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Lexicon :: Strong's H1438 - gāḏaʿ

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גָּדַע
Transliteration
gāḏaʿ
Pronunciation
gaw-dah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 316

Strong’s Definitions

גָּדַע gâdaʻ, gaw-dah'; a primitive root; to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything:—cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H1438 in the following manner: ... down (11x), cut off (7x), asunder (3x), cut in sunder (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H1438 in the following manner: ... down (11x), cut off (7x), asunder (3x), cut in sunder (2x).

  1. to cut, hew, chop, cut down, hew down, hew off, cut off, cut in two, shave off

    1. (Qal) to hew, chop in two

    2. (Niphal) to be chopped off, be hewn off

    3. (Piel) to cut off or down in two, hew off or down in two

    4. (Pual) to chop down, hew down

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּדַע gâdaʻ, gaw-dah'; a primitive root; to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything:—cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.
STRONGS H1438: Abbreviations
† גָּדַע verb hew, hew down or off (Late Hebrew id. (rare), Aramaic גְּדַע Ithp.; Arabic bdb015401 cut off hand or other member, mutilate) —
Qal Perfect גָּדַע Lamentations 2:3; וְגָדַעְתִּ֫י 1 Samuel 2:31; Imperfect וָאָגְדַּע Zechariah 11:10, 14; Participle passive גְּדוּעָה Isaiah 15:2 (so many editions but) Baer גְּרוּעָה; compare below, גְּדֻעִים Isaiah 10:33; — hew, cut in two, a staff Zechariah 11:10, 14; metaphor hew off, an arm 1 Samuel 2:31; horns Lamentations 2:3; hew down, trees Isaiah 10:33; if in Isaiah 15:2 then = shave off (object H2206 זקן, beard), but no other indication of this meaning, and true MT גְּרוּעָה, compare Baer's note & Jeremiah 48:37; see H1639 גרע.
Niph. Perfect נִגְדַּע Judges 21:6 נֶגְדַּע Jeremiah 50:23; 3rd person feminine singular נִגְדְּעָה Jeremiah 48:25; וְנִגְדְּעָה consecutive Isaiah 22:25; 2nd person masculine singular נִגְדַּעְתָּ Isaiah 14:12; 3rd person plural וְנִגְדְּעוּ consecutive Ezekiel 6:6; Amos 3:14; — be hewn off, of altar-horns Amos 3:14, of idols Ezekiel 6:6 (|| נשׁבר); of severance of a tribe from nation Judges 21:6; figurative of king of Babylon Isaiah 14:12; of Babylon as hammer Jeremiah 50:23 (|| נשׁבר); of a minister, under figure of secure peg or pin Isaiah 22:25; of horn of Moab Jeremiah 48:25 (|| נשׁבר).
Pi. Perfect גִּדַּע 2 Chronicles 34:7, גִּדֵּ֑עַ 2 Chronicles 34:4; Psalm 107:16, וַיְגַדַּע 2 Chronicles 14:2, אֲגַדֵּ֑עַ Psalm 7:5; Isaiah 45:2, וַיְגַדְּעוּ 2 Chronicles 31:1; 3rd person masculine plural תְּגַדֵּע֑וּן Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 12:3; — hew off, down, in two (compare Qal) of Asherîm Deuteronomy 7:5; 2 Chronicles 14:2; 2 Chronicles 31:1, of idols Deuteronomy 12:3 (פְּסִילִים) 2 Chronicles 34:4, 7 (חַמָּנִים); figurative horns of wicked Psalm 75:11; bars of iron (i.e. of Babylon's gates) Isaiah 45:2, compare Psalm 107:16.
† Pu. Perfect גֻּדָּ֑עוּ Isaiah 9:9 hew down (of trees).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

7:5; 7:5; 12:3; 12:3

Judges

21:6; 21:6

1 Samuel

2:31; 2:31

2 Chronicles

14:2; 14:2; 31:1; 31:1; 34:4; 34:4; 34:7; 34:7

Psalms

7:5; 107:16; 107:16

Isaiah

9:9; 10:33; 10:33; 14:12; 14:12; 15:2; 15:2; 22:25; 22:25; 45:2; 45:2

Jeremiah

48:25; 48:25; 48:37; 50:23; 50:23

Lamentations

2:3; 2:3

Ezekiel

6:6; 6:6

Amos

3:14; 3:14

Zechariah

11:10; 11:10; 11:14; 11:14

H1438

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Strong's Number H1438 matches the Hebrew גָּדַע (gāḏaʿ),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:5 - “But thus you shall deal with them: you shall destroy their altars, and break down their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images,[fn] and burn their carved images with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - “And you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and burn their wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:6 - And the children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “One tribe is cut off from Israel today.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:31 - ‘Behold, the days are coming that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - for he removed the altars of the foreign gods and the high places, and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke the sacred pillars in pieces, cut down the wooden images, and threw down the high places and the altars—from all Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh—until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned to their own cities, every man to his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars which were above them he cut down; and the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images he broke in pieces, and made dust of them and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:7 - When he had broken down the altars and the wooden images, had beaten the carved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:10 - “All the horns of the wicked I will also cut off,
But the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:16 - For He has broken the gates of bronze,
And cut the bars of iron in two.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 - “The bricks have fallen down,
But we will rebuild with hewn stones;
The sycamores are cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:33 - Behold, the Lord,
The LORD of hosts,
Will lop off the bough with terror;
Those of high stature will be hewn down,
And the haughty will be humbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - “How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer,[fn] son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:25 - ‘In that day,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the LORD has spoken.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:2 - ‘I will go before you
And make the crooked places[fn] straight;
I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:25 - The horn of Moab is cut off,
And his arm is broken,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:23 - How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut apart and broken!
How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:3 - He has cut off in fierce anger
Every horn of Israel;
He has drawn back His right hand
From before the enemy.
He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire
Devouring all around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - “In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate, so that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, your idols may be broken and made to cease, your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:14 - “That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions,
I will also visit destruction on the altars of Bethel;
And the horns of the altar shall be cut off
And fall to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:10 - And I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it in two, that I might break the covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:14 - Then I cut in two my other staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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