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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H3772 - Down

Strong's No.:H3772

Hebrew:כָּרַת

Transliteration:kârath

Phonetic:kaw-rath'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:be {chewed} be con- [feder-] {ate} {covenant} cut ({down} {off}) {destroy} {fail} {feller} be {freed} hew ({down}) make a league ({[covenant]}) X-(idiom) {lose} {perish} X-(idiom) {utterly} X-(idiom) want.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to cut ({off} down or asunder); by implication to destroy or consume; specifically to covenant (that {is} make an alliance or {bargain} originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant

a. (Qal)

1. to cut off 1a

b. to cut off a body part, behead

1. to cut down

2. to hew

3. to cut or make a covenant

c. (Niphal)

1. to be cut off

2. to be cut down

3. to be chewed

4. to be cut off, fail

d. (Pual)

1. to be cut off

2. to be cut down

e. (Hiphil)

1. to cut off

2. to cut off, destroy

3. to cut down, destroy

4. to take away

5. to permit to perish

f. (Hophal) cut off


Bible References:
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Translation
Occurrences:
chewed ( 1 )
covenanted ( 2 )
cut ( 6 )
cutteth ( 1 )
destroy ( 2 )
destroyed ( 2 )
down ( 23 )
fail ( 6 )
feller ( 1 )
freed ( 1 )
hew ( 2 )
league ( 1 )
lose ( 1 )
made ( 49 )
madest ( 1 )
make ( 31 )
maketh ( 1 )
making ( 1 )
off ( 147 )
out ( 1 )
perish ( 1 )
together ( 1 )
want ( 3 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.