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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 turn against such people and make a terrible example of them, eliminating them from among my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:13 - “Son of man, suppose the people of a country were to sin against me, and I lifted my fist to crush them, cutting off their food supply and sending a famine to destroy both people and animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:17 - “Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I sent enemy armies to destroy both people and animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:19 - “Or suppose I were to pour out my fury by sending an epidemic into the land, and the disease killed people and animals alike.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21 - “Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How terrible it will be when all four of these dreadful punishments fall upon Jerusalem—war, famine, wild animals, and disease—destroying all her people and animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:4 - On the day you were born, no one cared about you. Your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were never washed, rubbed with salt, and wrapped in cloth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:13 - He made a treaty with a member of the royal family and forced him to take an oath of loyalty. He also exiled Israel’s most influential leaders,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:17 - Pharaoh and all his mighty army will fail to help Israel when the king of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem again and destroys many lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3 - Tell her, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am your enemy, O Israel, and I am about to unsheath my sword to destroy your people—the righteous and the wicked alike.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4 - Yes, I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked! I will draw my sword against everyone in the land from south to north.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:7 - I will raise my fist of judgment against you. I will give you as plunder to many nations. I will cut you off from being a nation and destroy you completely. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:13 - Therefore, says the Sovereign LORD, I will raise my fist of judgment against Edom. I will wipe out its people and animals with the sword. I will make a wasteland of everything from Teman to Dedan.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:16 - Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will raise my fist of judgment against the land of the Philistines. I will wipe out the Kerethites and utterly destroy the people who live by the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will bring an army against you, O Egypt, and destroy both people and animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:15 - I will pour out my fury on Pelusium,[fn]
the strongest fortress of Egypt,
and I will stamp out
the hordes of Thebes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - A foreign army—the terror of the nations—has cut it down and left it fallen on the ground. Its branches are scattered across the mountains and valleys and ravines of the land. All those who lived in its shadow have gone away and left it lying there.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:25 - “I will make a covenant of peace with my people and drive away the dangerous animals from the land. Then they will be able to camp safely in the wildest places and sleep in the woods without fear.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:7 - I will make Mount Seir utterly desolate, killing off all who try to escape and any who return.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:26 - And I will make a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant. I will give them their land and increase their numbers,[fn] and I will put my Temple among them forever.
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