Strong's H3772 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: כָּרַת (kârath)

Pronunciation: kaw-rath'

POS: kaw-rath' Morph: v

Exegesis: a primitive root;

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); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.

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

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. 1) to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant
• 2. 1a) (Qal)
• 3. 1a1) to cut off
• 4. 1a1a) to cut off a body part, behead
• 5. 1a2) to cut down
• 6. 1a3) to hew
• 7. 1a4) to cut or make a covenant
• 8. 1b) (Niphal)
• 9. 1b1) to be cut off
• 10. 1b2) to be cut down
• 11. 1b3) to be chewed
• 12. 1b4) to be cut off, fail
• 13. 1c) (Pual)
• 14. 1c1) to be cut off
• 15. 1c2) to be cut down
• 16. 1d) (Hiphil)
• 17. 1d1) to cut off
• 18. 1d2) to cut off, destroy
• 19. 1d3) to cut down, destroy
• 20. 1d4) to take away
• 21. 1d5) to permit to perish
• 22. 1e) (Hophal) cut off

Cross References[edit | edit source]

• GREEK G355
• GREEK G599
• GREEK G609
• GREEK G622
• GREEK G645
• GREEK G851
• GREEK G853
• GREEK G868
• GREEK G1303
• GREEK G1459
• GREEK G1581
• GREEK G1587
• GREEK G1806
• GREEK G1808
• GREEK G1831
• GREEK G1842
• GREEK G2476
• GREEK G2507
• GREEK G2629
• GREEK G2875
• GREEK G3645
• GREEK G4059
• GREEK G4141
• GREEK G4160
• GREEK G4931
• GREEK G5087

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