ka.rat H3772

כָּרַת (ka.rat) means “to cut: cut” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

כָּרַת Hebrew · H3772 288 tagged occurrences in 280 verses

Pronunciation guide: kaw-rath' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3772G

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

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TBESH · H3772H

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

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TBESH · H3772I

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

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TBESH · H3772J

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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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 glosses: 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.

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How translators render H3772

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
cut off	13
must be cut off	13
made	12
will be cut off	12
i will cut off	11
and cut off	7
be cut off	7
he made	7
fail	6
make	6
i will make	5
and i will cut off	4
and made	4
cut down	4
i have made	4
to cut off	4
to make	4
and cut down	3
and cut him off	3
cut	3
had made a covenant	3
he had made	3
i made	3
let us make	3
shall be cut off	3
will be cut down	3
am making	2
and i have cut off	2
and to cut off	2
chopped down	2
cuts off	2
had made	2
he must be cut off	2
i have cut down	2
i will remove	2
of them made	2
please make	2
they cut down	2
to destroy	2
were cut off	2
will cut off	2
after they had made	1
and chop down	1
and cut	1
and he cut off	1
and i will make	1
and make	1
and must be cut off	1
and they cut off	1
and they will cut down	1
and will cut off	1
and wipe out	1
and you have made a pact	1
are cut off	1
be cut down	1
be removed	1
be without	1
been cut off	1
broken off	1
by cutting off	1
can we make	1
cut it down	1
cut them down	1
cutting off	1
destroy	1
disappear	1
fail to have	1
had slaughtered	1
has cut off	1
has made	1
have been cut off	1
have to destroy	1
he cuts down	1
he had cut off	1
he had killed	1
he has killed	1
he makes	1
he will cut off	1
i covenanted	1
i had made	1
i have already cut off	1
i have cut off	1
i will also cut off	1
i will cut	1
i will cut him off	1
i will cut you off	1
i will erase	1
i will make a treaty	1
in logging	1
in order to cut off	1
is making	1
it has been cut off	1
it has disappeared	1
it is cut down	1
it was chewed	1
lack	1
let us cut her off	1
let us cut him off	1
made a covenant	1
may be taken away	1
of them must be cut off	1
off	1
or cut	1
or severed	1
perish	1
shall certainly be cut off	1
so he made	1
so that i cut off	1
that he may cut off	1
that i may cut off	1
that they may make	1
their own destruction	1
then i will cut off	1
they cut	1
they cut off	1
they destroyed	1
they form	1
they had made	1
they made	1
they make	1
they must be cut off	1
they will chop down	1
to be cut off	1
to be destroyed	1
to chop down	1
to cut	1
to eliminate	1
to wipe out	1
use them	1
we have made	1
when i will make	1
who made	1
will be broken	1
will be cut out	1
will be destroyed	1
will cut	1
will cut you down	1
will he make	1
will make	1
woodcutter	1
you cut down	1
you made	1
you said i have made	1
you shall make	1
you will be cut off	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
shall be cut off	24
made	17
and i will cut off	12
and cut off	9
to cut off	9
and cut down	6
cut off	6
and made	5
there shall not fail	5
which he made	5
and i will make	4
and will cut him off	4
and will cut off	4
be cut off	4
shall not be cut off	4
are cut off	3
were cut off	3
and have cut off	2
and they cut off	2
cut down	2
had made	2
hath cut off	2
i have made	2
i made	2
make	2
shall cut off	2
that he made	2
that i will make	2
to make	2
want	2
will cut off	2
will i make	2
according as i have covenanted	1
also will i cut off	1
and because he hath cut down	1
and because of all this we make	1
and cut them down	1
and destroy	1
and i will cut down	1
and i will cut him off	1
and i will cut thee off	1
and is cut off	1
and let there not fail	1
and let us cut it off	1
and there shall none of you be freed	1
and they do make	1
and they shall be cut off	1
and they shall cut down	1
and to cut off	1
and we will cut	1
and will cut down	1
and ye had made	1
and ye shall make	1
be not cut off	1
behold i make	1
cut ye not off	1
cutteth	1
destroyed	1
ere it was chewed	1
for in that i cut off	1
for it is cut off	1
for thee that i cut thee not off	1
hath and cut down	1
hath made	1
hath made a league	1
have cut him off	1
he heweth him down	1
he made	1
he shall be cut off	1
he shall both cut off	1
hew ye down	1
him and cut off	1
him because he had cut off	1
how he hath cut off	1
i have cut off	1
i shall not cut off	1
i will cut off	1
i will make	1
if it be cut down	1
in making	1
is cut off	1
it shall be cut off	1
lest thou make	1
let us make	1
likewise cut down	1
maketh	1
may be cut off	1
me when they cut	1
moreover i will make	1
neither with you only do i make	1
no feller	1
now therefore let us make	1
now therefore make	1
of him shall be cut off	1
of them and thou shalt not cut them down	1
of them shall be cut off	1
or cut	1
perish	1
shall be cut	1
shall be cut out	1
shall cut thee off	1
shall even be cut	1
shall not want	1
shall utterly	1
should not be cut off	1
should not have been cut off	1
so he made	1
so that i cut off	1
that cut	1
that he had made	1
that he may cut off	1
that i covenanted	1
that i have cut off	1
that i have made	1
that i made	1
that i may cut off	1
that i will cut off	1
that shall not be cut off	1
that they may be cut off	1
that they may make	1
that we lose	1
that ye might cut yourselves off	1
thee and madest	1
thee and thou shalt be cut off	1
thee he is utterly cut off	1
them and cut off	1
them thou shalt make	1
then that i will cut off	1
then will i cut off	1
therefore now make	1
therein shall be cut off	1
thereof and let us cut him off	1
thereto shall even be cut off	1
they are	1
they had made	1
they shall cut down	1
thou shalt make	1
thou shalt not cut off	1
thou that they hew	1
thus they made	1
to cut	1
to cut down	1
to cut it off	1
to destroy	1
to hew	1
to thyself lest thou make	1
together unto me those that have made	1
until he had cut off	1
until they had destroyed	1
upon it and will cut off	1
upon it shall be cut off	1
upon thee and cut off	1
us and how shall we make	1
us and thee and let us make	1
was cut down	1
was not cut	1
we have made	1
which i had made	1
which i have made	1
which i made	1
which they had made	1
which thou shalt cut down	1
who shall cut off	1
will he make	1
will i cut off	1
with them and made	1

Verses containing H3772

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2 Chronicles 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
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2 Chronicles 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
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2 Chronicles 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
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2 Chronicles 23:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. “Behold, the king’s son!” said Jehoiada. “He must reign, just as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David.
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2 Chronicles 23:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.
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2 Chronicles 29:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
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2 Chronicles 34:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
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Ezra 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
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Nehemiah 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
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Nehemiah 9:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
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Source alternate reference: 10.1
Job 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
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Job 31:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
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Job 41:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
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Source alternate reference: 40.28
Psalms 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
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Source alternate reference: 12.4
Psalms 34:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
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Source alternate reference: 34.17
Psalms 37:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
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Psalms 37:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
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Psalms 37:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
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Psalms 37:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
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Psalms 37:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.
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Psalms 50:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
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Psalms 83:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—
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Source alternate reference: 83.6
Psalms 89:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
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Source alternate reference: 89.4
Psalms 101:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
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Psalms 105:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
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Psalms 109:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
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Psalms 109:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
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Proverbs 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
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Proverbs 10:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
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Proverbs 23:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
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Proverbs 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
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Isaiah 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
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Source alternate reference: 9.13
Isaiah 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
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Isaiah 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.
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Isaiah 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”
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Isaiah 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.
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Isaiah 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.
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Isaiah 22:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
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Isaiah 28:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
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Isaiah 29:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
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Isaiah 37:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
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Isaiah 44:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
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Isaiah 48:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
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Isaiah 48:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”
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Isaiah 55:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
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Isaiah 55:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
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Isaiah 56:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
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Isaiah 57:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.
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Isaiah 61:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.
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Jeremiah 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.
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