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)
Traditional renderings: be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), × lose, perish, × utterly, × want.
Traditional renderings: be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), × lose, perish, × utterly, × want.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כָּרַת:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
288 total
- Ezekiel 37:26וְכָרַתִּ֤י · And I will makeAnd I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.
- Daniel 9:26יִכָּרֵ֥ת · will be cut offThen after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
- Hosea 2:18וְכָרַתִּ֨י · I will makeOn that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
- Hosea 8:4יִכָּרֵֽת׃ · their own destructionThey set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.
- Hosea 10:4כָּרֹ֣ת · they makeThey speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
- Hosea 12:1יִכְרֹ֔תוּ · he makesEphraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
- Joel 1:5נִכְרַ֖ת · it has been cut offWake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
- Joel 1:9הָכְרַ֥ת · have been cut offGrain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.
- Joel 1:16נִכְרָ֑ת · been cut offHas not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?
- Amos 1:5וְהִכְרַתִּ֤י · I will cut offI will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.
- Amos 1:8וְהִכְרַתִּ֤י · I will cut offI will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD.
- Amos 2:3וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י · I will cut offI will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.
- Obadiah 1:9יִכָּֽרֶת־ · will be cut downThen your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.
- Obadiah 1:10וְנִכְרַ֖תָּ · and cut offBecause of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
- Obadiah 1:14לְהַכְרִ֖ית · to cut offNor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.
- Micah 5:9יִכָּרֵֽתוּ׃פ · will be cut offYour hand will be lifted over your foes, and all your enemies will be cut off.
- Micah 5:10וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י · I will remove“In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.
- Micah 5:11וְהִכְרַתִּ֖י · I will removeI will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.
- Micah 5:12וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י · I will cutI will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers.
- Micah 5:13וְהִכְרַתִּ֧י · I will also cut offI will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands.
- Nahum 1:14אַכְרִ֨ית · I will cut offThe LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”
- Nahum 1:15נִכְרָֽת׃ · cut offLook to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
- Nahum 2:13וְהִכְרַתִּ֤י · I will cut off“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will reduce your chariots to cinders, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
- Nahum 3:15תַּכְרִיתֵ֣ךְ · will cut you downThere the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust!
- Zephaniah 1:3וְהִכְרַתִּ֣י · I will cut off“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
- Zephaniah 1:4וְהִכְרַתִּ֞י · I will cut off“I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—
- Zephaniah 1:11נִכְרְת֖וּ · will be cut offWail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off.
- Zephaniah 3:6הִכְרַ֣תִּי · I have cut off“I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.
- Zephaniah 3:7יִכָּרֵ֣ת · be cut offI said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
- Haggai 2:5כָּרַ֤תִּי · I madeThis is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt. And My Spirit remains among you; do not be afraid.”
- Zechariah 9:6וְהִכְרַתִּ֖י · and I will cut offA mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
- Zechariah 9:10וְהִכְרַתִּי־ · And I will cut off; וְנִכְרְתָה֙ · will be brokenAnd I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
- Zechariah 11:10כָּרַ֖תִּי · I had madeNext I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
- Zechariah 13:2אַכְרִ֞ית · I will eraseAnd on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
- Zechariah 13:8יִכָּרְת֖וּ · will be cut offAnd in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.
- Zechariah 14:2יִכָּרֵ֖ת · be removedFor I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
- Malachi 2:12יַכְרֵ֨ת · cut offAs for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.