Strongs Number: H3772
| Hebrew Word: | כָּרַת |
| Transliteration: | kârath |
| Phonetic: | kaw-rath' |
| 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) |
| BDB 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 |
| 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. |