גָּדַע gada
Hebrew word for “to cut down/off” · Strong’s H1438 · used 22 times in 22 verses
Meaning
1) to cut, hew, chop, cut down, hew down, hew off, cut off, cut in two, shave off;
How it is translated
Glosses given for gada in context, with how often each is used:
- cut down 4
- will be cut down 3
- will cut down ! 2
- has been cut off 2
- will cut off 2
- have been cut down 2
- will be cut off 2
- cut up 2
- cuts down 1
- will cut through 1
- has cut off 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Zechariah | 2 | 0.6 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
2 Chronicles 34 (2), Zechariah 11 (2), Deuteronomy 7 (1), Deuteronomy 12 (1), Judges 21 (1), 1 Samuel 2 (1), 2 Chronicles 14 (1), 2 Chronicles 31 (1), Psalms 75 (1), Psalms 107 (1)
Forms
- גדע 4
- תגדעון 2
- נגדע 2
- אגדע 2
- ונגדעו 2
- ואגדע 2
- וגדעתי 1
- ויגדע 1
- ויגדעו 1
- גדעו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with gada more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׁבַר shavar “to break” 10
- אֲשֵׁרָה asherah “Asherah” 6
- מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 8
- נָתַץ natats “to tear” 5
- פָּסִיל pesil “idol” 4
- מַצֵּבָה matstsevah “pillar” 4
- חַמָּן chamman “pillar” 3
- קֶרֶן qeren “horn” 4
- בָּמָה bamah “high place” 3
- נָפַל naphal “to fall” 4
- דָּקַק daqaq “to crush” 2
- מַקֵּל maqqel “rod” 2
Key verses
The verses using gada that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 7:5 — But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
- Deuteronomy 12:3 — And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and…
- 2 Chronicles 14:3 — For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
- 2 Chronicles 31:1 — Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and…
- 2 Chronicles 34:4 — And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and…
- Psalms 75:10 — All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
- Isaiah 10:33 — Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
- Isaiah 14:12 — How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
- Lamentations 2:3 — He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming…
- Ezekiel 6:6 — In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and…
- Zechariah 11:10 — And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
- Zechariah 11:14 — Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
See all 22 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.