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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
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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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3772 matches the Hebrew כָּרַת (kāraṯ),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:8 - I will set my face against that person and will make him an object lesson and a byword and will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:13 - "Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful, and I stretch out my hand against it, cut off its bread supply, cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:17 - "Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say, 'Let a sword pass through the land,' and I were to kill both people and animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:19 - "Or suppose I were to send a plague into that land, and pour out my rage on it with bloodshed, killing both people and animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21 - "For this is what the sovereign LORD says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments - sword, famine, wild animals, and plague - to Jerusalem to kill both people and animals!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:4 - As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water; you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:13 - He took one from the royal family, made a treaty with him, and put him under oath. He then took the leaders of the land
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:17 - Pharaoh with his great army and mighty horde will not help him in battle, when siege ramps are erected and siege-walls are built to kill many people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3 - and say to them, 'This is what the LORD says: Look, I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4 - Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone from the south to the north.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:7 - take note, I have stretched out my hand against you, and I will hand you over as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands. I will destroy you; then you will know that I am the LORD.'"
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:13 - So this is what the sovereign LORD says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and I will kill the people and animals within her, and I will make her desolate; from Teman to Dedan they will die by the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:16 - So this is what the sovereign LORD says: Take note, I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines. I will kill the Cherethites and destroy those who remain on the seacoast.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8 - "'Therefore, this is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill every person and every animal.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:15 - I will pour out my anger upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt; I will cut off the hordes of Thebes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - Foreigners from the most terrifying nations have cut it down and left it to lie there on the mountains. In all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs lie broken in the ravines of the land. All the peoples of the land have departed from its shade and left it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:25 - "'I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:7 - I will turn Mount Seir into a desolate ruin; I will cut off from it the one who passes through or returns.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:26 - I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be a perpetual covenant with them. I will establish them, increase their numbers, and place my sanctuary among them forever.
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