כָּרַת karat

Hebrew word for “to cut” · Strong’s H3772 · used 288 times in 280 verses

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Meaning

: eliminate/destroy; 1) to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant;

Senses in the lexicon

• to cut: eliminate (137)
• to cut: make(covenant) (88)
• to cut: cut (52)
• to cut: lack (11)

How it is translated

Glosses given for karat in context, with how often each is used:

• will be cut off 55
• will cut off 43
• made 40
• cut off 39
• will make 11
• cut down 11
• will cut down 7
• had made 6
• make 5
• making 5
• have cut off 4
• have made 4

Where it is used

Also in 21 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 9 (6), Exodus 34 (5), Leviticus 20 (5), Psalms 37 (5), Ezekiel 14 (5), Micah 5 (5), Leviticus 7 (4), Leviticus 17 (4), Deuteronomy 29 (4), Judges 6 (4)

Forms

• והכרתי 30
• ויכרת 26
• יכרת 25
• כרת 25
• ונכרתה 18
• תכרת 13
• להכרית 12
• כרתי 12
• ויכרתו 10
• כרתו 10

Words used with it

Words that share verses with karat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בְּרִית berit “covenant” 80
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 33
• עִם im “with” 36
• אֵת et “with” 32
• מִן־ min “from” 32
• קֶרֶב qerev “entrails” 19
• הֶם hem “them” 25
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 23
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 22
• דָּוִד david “David” 22
• אַחַר achar “after” 20
• ךָּ ka “you” 19

Key verses

The verses using karat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 15:18 — In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river…
• Deuteronomy 7:2 — And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew…
• Deuteronomy 31:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the…
• 1 Kings 9:7 — Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel…
• Isaiah 55:3 — Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
• Jeremiah 31:31 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
• Jeremiah 31:32 — Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant…
• Jeremiah 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write…
• Jeremiah 32:40 — And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they…
• Daniel 9:26 — And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the…
• Zechariah 13:2 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be…
• Zechariah 14:2 — For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city…

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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.