HebrewH3772Verb

כָּרַת

ka.rat

“to cut: cut”

246Occurrences

H3772Strong's #

VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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)

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

cut/fell 1) to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut off 1a1a) to cut off a body part, behead 1a2) to cut down 1a3) to hew 1a4) to cut or make a covenant 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be cut off 1b2) to be cut down 1b3) to be chewed 1b4) to be cut off, fail 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be cut off 1c2) to be cut down 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cut off 1d2) to cut off, destroy 1d3) to cut down, destroy 1d4) to take away 1d5) to permit to perish 1e) (Hophal) cut off

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

כָּרַת appears 246 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah

Leviticus

Ezk

Isaiah

1 Kings

Exodus

Joshua

1 Samuel

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:3BSB

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

2 Kings 23:14BSB

He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.

Ezk 29:8BSB

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Jeremiah 31:33BSB

“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israelafter those days, declares the LORD.I will put My law in their mindsand inscribe it on their hearts.And I will be their God,and they will be My people.

Leviticus 22:24BSB

You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.

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