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כָּרַת

ka.ratto cut: cutHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb288 occurrences33 books280 verses

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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כָּרַת:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

288 total
  1. Genesis 9:11יִכָּרֵ֧ת · be cut off
    And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
  2. Genesis 15:18כָּרַ֧ת · made
    On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
  3. Genesis 17:14וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה · will be cut off
    But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
  4. Genesis 21:27וַיִּכְרְת֥וּ · made
    So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
  5. Genesis 21:32וַיִּכְרְת֥וּ · After they had made
    After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
  6. Genesis 26:28וְנִכְרְתָ֥ה · Let us make
    “We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you
  7. Genesis 31:44נִכְרְתָ֥ה · let us make
    Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”
  8. Genesis 41:36תִכָּרֵ֥ת · perish
    This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”
  9. Exodus 4:25וַתִּכְרֹת֙ · cut off
    But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
  10. Exodus 8:9לְהַכְרִית֙ · may be taken away
    Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”
  11. Exodus 12:15וְנִכְרְתָ֞ה · must be cut off
    For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
  12. Exodus 12:19וְנִכְרְתָ֞ה · must be cut off
    For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.
  13. Exodus 23:32תִכְרֹ֥ת · You shall make
    You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
  14. Exodus 24:8כָּרַ֤ת · has made
    So Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
  15. Exodus 30:33וְנִכְרַ֖ת · shall be cut off
    Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”
  16. Exodus 30:38וְנִכְרַ֖ת · shall be cut off
    Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.”
  17. Exodus 31:14וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה · must be cut off
    Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people.
  18. Exodus 34:10כֹּרֵ֣ת · am making
    And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.
  19. Exodus 34:12תִּכְרֹ֤ת · to make
    Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
  20. Exodus 34:13תִּכְרֹתֽוּן׃ · and chop down
    Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
  21. Exodus 34:15תִּכְרֹ֥ת · make
    Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
  22. Exodus 34:27כָּרַ֧תִּי · I have made
    The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
  23. Leviticus 7:20וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה · must be cut off
    But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.
  24. Leviticus 7:21וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה · must be cut off
    If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”
  25. Leviticus 7:25וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה · must be cut off
    If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.
  26. Leviticus 7:27וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה · must be cut off
    If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’”
  27. Leviticus 17:4וְנִכְרַ֛ת · and must be cut off
    …instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.
  28. Leviticus 17:9וְנִכְרַ֛ת · must be cut off
    …but does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD, that man must be cut off from his people.
  29. Leviticus 17:10וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י · and cut him off
    If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
  30. Leviticus 17:14יִכָּרֵֽת׃ · must be cut off
    For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’
  31. Leviticus 18:29וְנִכְרְת֛וּ · must be cut off
    Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.
  32. Leviticus 19:8וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה · must be cut off
    Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.
  33. Leviticus 20:3וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י · and cut him off
    And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.
  34. Leviticus 20:5וְהִכְרַתִּ֨י · and cut off
    …then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.
  35. Leviticus 20:6וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י · and cut him off
    Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
  36. Leviticus 20:17וְנִ֨כְרְת֔וּ · They must be cut off
    If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.
  37. Leviticus 20:18וְנִכְרְת֥וּ · of them must be cut off
    If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.
  38. Leviticus 22:3וְנִכְרְתָ֞ה · must be cut off
    Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.
  39. Leviticus 22:24וְכָר֔וּת · or cut
    You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.
  40. Leviticus 23:29וְנִכְרְתָ֖ה · he must be cut off
    If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.
  41. Leviticus 26:22וְהִכְרִ֙יתָה֙ · destroy
    I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.
  42. Leviticus 26:30וְהִכְרַתִּי֙ · cut down
    I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
  43. Numbers 4:18תַּכְרִ֕יתוּ · to be cut off
    “Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites.
  44. Numbers 9:13וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה · he must be cut off
    But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.
  45. Numbers 11:33יִכָּרֵ֑ת · it was chewed
    But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.
  46. Numbers 13:23וַיִּכְרְת֨וּ · they cut down
    When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
  47. Numbers 13:24כָּרְת֥וּ · cut
    Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
  48. Numbers 15:30וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה · shall be cut off
    But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.
  49. Numbers 15:31הִכָּרֵ֧ת׀ · shall certainly be cut off; תִּכָּרֵ֛ת
    He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”