כָּרַתkârath

cut off, cut down

Pronunciation: kaw-rath' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3772

Meanings

Qal: construct, active (Genesis 15:18; Deuteronomy 20:20; Exodus 34:27)

1. cut off

a. things (Exodus 4:25; Leviticus 22:24; Deuteronomy 23:2)

b. persons, location (Jeremiah 11:19; Jeremiah 50:16)

2. cut down (Deuteronomy 19:5; Deuteronomy 20:19; Deuteronomy 20:20)

3. hew (1 Kings 5:20; 2 Chronicles 2:7; 2 Chronicles 2:15)

4. 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) (Jeremiah 34:18; Genesis 15:10; Psalms 50:5)

Niph`al

1. be cut off

a. things (Proverbs 10:31; Isaiah 22:25; Zechariah 9:10)

b. of persons (Genesis 41:36; Genesis 9:11; Daniel 9:26)

c. that person shall be cut off (Genesis 17:14; Leviticus 7:20; Leviticus 7:21)

2. be cut down (Job 14:7)

3. be chewed (Numbers 11:33)

4. be cut off, fail, in a more general sense (Joshua 3:13; Joshua 3:16; Joshua 4:7)

Pual

1. be cut off (Ezekiel 16:4)

2. be cut down (Judges 6:28)

Hiph`il

1. cut off (Psalms 12:4)

2. cut off, destroy the life of

c. cutt off, to, or from, may Yahweh cut off to the man — from the tents of Jacob. (Deuteronomy 19:1; Joshua 23:4; Zephaniah 3:6)

3. cut down, destroy (Micah 5:10; Leviticus 26:30; Nahum 1:14)

4. take away (1 Samuel 20:15)

5. permit to perish (1 Kings 18:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 288 times in the Bible.

Genesis 9:11 Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”
Genesis 15:18 So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, “I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—
Genesis 17:14 Any male who fails to be circumcised will be cut off from the covenant family for breaking the covenant.”
Genesis 21:27 Abraham then gave some of his sheep, goats, and cattle to Abimelech, and they made a treaty.
Genesis 21:32 After making their covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech left with Phicol, the commander of his army, and they returned home to the land of the Philistines.
Genesis 26:28 They replied, “We can plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let’s make a covenant.

See every passage

Genesis 9:11, 15:18, 17:14, 21:27, 21:32, 26:28, 31:44, 41:36
Exodus 4:25, 8:9, 12:15, 12:19, 23:32, 24:8, 30:33, 30:38, 31:14, 34:10, 34:12, 34:13, 34:15, 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, 23:29, 26:22, 26:30
Numbers 4:18, 9:13, 11:33, 13:23, 13:24, 15:30, 15:31, 19:13, 19:20
Deuteronomy 4:23, 5:2, 5:3, 7:2, 9:9, 12:29, 19:1, 19:5, 20:19, 20:20, 23:1, 29:1, 29:12, 29:14, 29:25, 31:16
Joshua 3:13, 3:16, 4:7, 7:9, 9:6, 9:7, 9:11, 9:15, 9:16, 9:23, 11:21, 23:4, 24:25
Judges 2:2, 4:24, 6:25, 6:26, 6:28, 6:30, 9:48, 9:49
Ruth 4:10
1 Samuel 2:33, 5:4, 11:1, 11:2, 17:51, 18:3, 20:15, 20:16, 22:8, 23:18, 24:4, 24:5, 24:11, 24:21, 28:9, 31:9
2 Samuel 3:12, 3:13, 3:21, 3:29, 5:3, 7:9, 10:4, 20:22
1 Kings 2:4, 5:6, 5:12, 8:9, 8:21, 8:25, 9:5, 9:7, 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 2:8, 2:10, 2:16, 5:10, 6:11, 6:16, 7:18, 15:16, 21:7, 22:7, 23:3, 23:16, 29:10, 34:31
Ezra 10:3
Nehemiah 9:8, 9:38
Job 14:7, 31:1, 41:4
Psalms 12:3, 34:16, 37:9, 37:22, 37:28, 37:34, 37:38, 50:5, 83:5, 89:3, 101:8, 105:9, 109:13, 109:15
Proverbs 2:22, 10:31, 23:18, 24:14
Isaiah 9:14, 10:7, 11:13, 14:8, 14:22, 18:5, 22:25, 28:15, 29:20, 37:24, 44:14, 48:9, 48:19, 55:3, 55:13, 56:5, 57:8, 61:8
Jeremiah 6:6, 7:28, 9:21, 10:3, 11:10, 11:19, 22:7, 31:31, 31:32, 31:33, 32:40, 33:17, 33:18, 34:8, 34:13, 34:15, 34:18, 35:19, 44:7, 44:8, 44:11, 46:23, 47:4, 48:2, 50:16, 51:62
Ezekiel 14:8, 14:13, 14:17, 14:19, 14:21, 16:4, 17:13, 17:17, 21:3, 21:4, 25:7, 25:13, 25:16, 29:8, 30:15, 31:12, 34:25, 35:7, 37:26
Daniel 9:26
Hosea 2:18, 8:4, 10:4, 12:1
Joel 1:5, 1:9, 1:16
Amos 1:5, 1:8, 2:3
Obadiah 1:9, 1:10, 1:14
Micah 5:9, 5:10, 5:11, 5:12, 5:13
Nahum 1:14, 1:15, 2:13, 3:15
Zephaniah 1:3, 1:4, 1:11, 3:6, 3:7
Haggai 2:5
Zechariah 9:6, 9:10, 11:10, 13:2, 13:8, 14:2
Malachi 2:12

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