Strong's Number H3772

כָּרַת

karath · kaw-rath'

Transliteration:

karath{kaw-rath'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

1048

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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)

Usage in the KJV:

cut off 145, make 33, cut down 21, cut 10, fail 6, destroy 4, want 3, covenanted 2, hew 4, misc 9

Total: 288
Occurs 288 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant
1. (Qal)
  1. to cut off
    1. to cut off a body part, behead
  2. to cut down
  3. to hew
  4. to cut or make a covenant
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be cut off
  2. to be cut down
  3. to be chewed
  4. to be cut off, fail
3. (Pual)
  1. to be cut off
  2. to be cut down
4. (Hiphil)
  1. to cut off
  2. to cut off, destroy
  3. to cut down, destroy
  4. to take away
  5. to permit to perish
5. (Hophal) cut off