Strongs Number: H1438
- Hebrew Word
- גָּדַע
- Transliteration
- gâdaʻ
- Phonetic
- gaw-dah'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to fell a tree; generally to destroy anything
- BDB Definition
-
1. to cut, hew, chop, cut down, hew down, hew off, cut off, cut in two, shave off
a. (Qal) to hew, chop in two
b. (Niphal) to be chopped off, be hewn off
c. (Piel) to cut off or down in two, hew off or down in two
d. (Pual) to chop down, hew down
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- cut ({asunder} in {sunder} {down} {off}) hew down.