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H3772 כָּרַת (kârath) kaw-rath'
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Strong's Definition

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)

KJV Usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כָּרַת (ka.rat) — to cut: cut. : 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

כָּרַת (ka.rat) — to cut: make(covenant). : make(covenant) 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

כָּרַת (ka.rat) — to cut: eliminate. : eliminate/destroy 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

כָּרַת (ka.rat) — to cut: lack. : lack 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · כְּרִיתוּת · כְּרֻתֹות

Non-Whole | verb qal, verb hif, verb nif, verb pu'al | ≈ גדע · גלח · נשׁל · נתק · שׁלף · תזז

to cut, to cut off, to cut down = causative action by which humans use a knife or another sharp implement to remove something from a larger object

EXO 4:25 · EXO 34:13 · LEV 22:24 · LEV 26:30 · NUM 11:33 · NUM 13:23 · NUM 13:24 · DEU 19:5 · DEU 20:19 · DEU 20:20 · DEU 23:2 · JDG 6:25 · JDG 6:26 · JDG 6:28 · JDG 6:30 · JDG 9:48 · JDG 9:49 · 1SA 5:4 · 1SA 17:51 · 1SA 24:5 · 1SA 24:6 · 1SA 24:12 · 1SA 31:9 · 2SA 10:4 · 2SA 20:22 · 1KI 5:20 · 1KI 5:20 · 1KI 15:13 · 2KI 18:4 · 2KI 19:23 · 2KI 23:14 · 1CH 19:4 · 2CH 2:7 · 2CH 2:9 · 2CH 2:15 · 2CH 15:16 · JOB 14:7 · ISA 14:8 · ISA 18:5 · ISA 22:25 · ISA 37:24 · ISA 44:14 · JER 6:6 · JER 10:3 · JER 22:7 · JER 46:23 · EZK 16:4 · EZK 31:12

Non-Whole | verb qal

to cut in two = causative action by which humans use a knife or another sharp implement to cut an object into two parts of a more or less equal size

JER 34:18

Associate | verb qal | ≈ אֲמָנָה · בעל · יַחְדָּו · עבר · קרא · קֶרֶב

to make a covenant, to make a treaty literally: to cut (a covenant); hence: = action by which two or more parties make a solemn agreement, accompanied by stipulations, blessings, and curses

GEN 15:18 · GEN 21:27 · GEN 21:32 · GEN 26:28 · GEN 31:44 · EXO 23:32 · EXO 24:8 · EXO 34:10 · EXO 34:12 · EXO 34:15 · EXO 34:27 · DEU 4:23 · DEU 5:2 · DEU 5:3 · DEU 7:2 · DEU 9:9 · DEU 28:69 · DEU 28:69 · DEU 29:11 · DEU 29:13 · DEU 29:24 · DEU 31:16 · JOS 9:6 · JOS 9:7 · JOS 9:11 · JOS 9:15 · JOS 9:16 · JOS 24:25 · JDG 2:2 · 1SA 11:1 · 1SA 11:2 · 1SA 18:3 · 1SA 20:16 · 1SA 22:8 · 1SA 23:18 · 2SA 3:12 · 2SA 3:13 · 2SA 3:21 · 2SA 5:3 · 1KI 5:26 · 1KI 8:9 · 1KI 8:21 · 1KI 20:34 · 2KI 11:4 · 2KI 11:17 · 2KI 17:15 · 2KI 17:35 · 2KI 17:38 · 2KI 23:3 · 1CH 11:3 · 1CH 16:16 · 2CH 5:10 · 2CH 6:11 · 2CH 7:18 · 2CH 21:7 · 2CH 23:3 · 2CH 23:16 · 2CH 29:10 · 2CH 34:31 · EZR 10:3 · NEH 9:8 · NEH 10:1 · JOB 31:1 · JOB 40:28 · PSA 50:5 · PSA 83:6 · PSA 89:4 · PSA 105:9 · ISA 28:15 · ISA 55:3 · ISA 57:8 · ISA 61:8 · JER 11:10 · JER 31:31 · JER 31:32 · JER 31:33 · JER 32:40 · JER 34:8 · JER 34:13 · JER 34:15 · JER 34:18 · EZK 17:13 · EZK 34:25 · EZK 37:26 · HOS 2:20 · HOS 10:4 · HOS 12:2 · HAG 2:5 · ZEC 11:10

Dead | verb hif, verb nif | ≈ אבד · אכל · גוע · דָּם · הרג · מָוֶת · קֶטֶל · שׁכל

to destroy, to kill, to exterminate literally: to cut off (people); hence: = causative action by which humans and deities cause (other) humans to die a violent death

GEN 9:11 · GEN 41:36 · LEV 26:22 · DEU 12:29 · DEU 19:1 · JOS 11:21 · JOS 23:4 · JDG 4:24 · 1SA 24:22 · 2SA 7:9 · 1KI 11:16 · 1KI 14:10 · 1KI 14:14 · 1KI 18:4 · 1KI 18:5 · 1KI 21:21 · 2KI 9:8 · 1CH 17:8 · 2CH 22:7 · PSA 12:4 · PSA 37:9 · PSA 37:22 · PSA 37:28 · PSA 37:34 · PSA 37:38 · PSA 101:8 · PSA 109:13 · PRO 10:31 · ISA 10:7 · ISA 11:13 · ISA 29:20 · ISA 48:9 · JER 9:20 · JER 44:7 · JER 44:8 · JER 44:11 · JER 51:62 · EZK 14:13 · EZK 14:17 · EZK 14:19 · EZK 14:21 · EZK 17:17 · EZK 21:8 · EZK 21:9 · EZK 25:13 · EZK 25:16 · EZK 29:8 · EZK 30:15 · EZK 35:7 · DAN 9:26 · HOS 8:4 · AMO 1:5 · AMO 1:8 · AMO 2:3 · OBA 1:9 · OBA 1:10 · OBA 1:14 · MIC 5:8 · NAM 3:15 · ZEC 13:8

Dissociate | verb hif, verb nif

to cut off literally: to cut off; hence: = causative action by someone humans are no longer considered members of their community and are to be banished

GEN 17:14 · EXO 12:15 · EXO 12:19 · EXO 30:33 · EXO 30:38 · EXO 31:14 · LEV 7:20 · LEV 7:21 · LEV 7:25 · LEV 7:27 · LEV 17:4 · LEV 17:9 · LEV 17:10 · LEV 17:14 · LEV 18:29 · LEV 19:8 · LEV 20:3 · LEV 20:5 · LEV 20:6 · LEV 20:17 · LEV 20:18 · LEV 22:3 · LEV 23:29 · NUM 9:13 · NUM 15:30 · NUM 15:31 · NUM 15:31 · NUM 19:13 · NUM 19:20 · 1SA 28:9 · EZK 14:8

Non-Exist | verb nif

to be cut off, to be lacking literally: to be cut off; hence: = process by which a certain category of people stops existing within a particular group

JOS 9:23 · 2SA 3:29 · 1KI 2:4 · 1KI 8:25 · 1KI 9:5 · 2CH 6:16 · 2CH 7:18 · PRO 2:22 · JER 33:17 · JER 33:18 · JER 35:19 · JOL 1:5

Non-Exist | verb hif, verb qal, verb nif

to cut off, to remove literally: to cut off; hence: = causative process by which a certain category of people or animals are removed from a particular group

EXO 8:5 · NUM 4:18 · 1SA 2:33 · 1SA 20:15 · 1KI 9:7 · ISA 9:13 · JER 11:19 · JER 47:4 · JER 50:16 · EZK 25:7 · MIC 5:9 · MIC 5:10 · MIC 5:12 · NAM 1:14 · NAM 2:1 · NAM 2:14 · ZEP 1:3 · ZEP 1:4 · ZEP 1:11 · ZEP 3:6 · ZEP 3:7 · ZEC 9:10 · ZEC 9:10 · ZEC 14:2 · MAL 2:12

End | verb hif, verb nif, verb hof | ≈ אבד · אַיִן

to end literally: to cut off (an event); hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause an event to stop happening

JOS 3:13 · JOS 3:16 · JOS 4:7 · JOS 4:7 · JOS 7:9 · RUT 4:10 · 1SA 20:15 · PSA 34:17 · PSA 109:15 · PRO 23:18 · PRO 24:14 · ISA 14:22 · ISA 48:19 · ISA 55:13 · ISA 56:5 · JER 7:28 · JER 48:2 · JOL 1:9 · JOL 1:16 · MIC 5:11 · ZEC 9:6 · ZEC 13:2

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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כָּרַת 291 vb. cut off, cut down Qal cut off

cut down

hew, timber

cut, or make a covenant

Niph. be cut off

be cut down

be chewed between the teeth

be cut off, in a more general sense fail

Pual be cut off

be cut down

Hiph. cut off, flattering lips

cut off, destroy the life of

cut down, destroy, cities

take away

permit to perish

base

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