Definition
a primitive root; to chop off (literally or figuratively)
Traditional renderings: cut (asunder, in pieces, in sunder, off), × utmost.
Traditional renderings: cut (asunder, in pieces, in sunder, off), × utmost.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders קָצַץ:
- ἀποκόπτωapokoptō“to cut off”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
14 total
- Exodus 39:3וְקִצֵּ֣ץ · and cutThey hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.
- Deuteronomy 25:12וְקַצֹּתָ֖ה · you are to cut off…you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
- Judges 1:6וַֽיְקַצְּצ֔וּ · and cut offAs Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
- Judges 1:7מְקֻצָּצִ֗ים · cut offThen Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
- 2 Samuel 4:12וַֽיְקַצְּצ֤וּ · They cut offSo David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
- 2 Kings 16:17וַיְקַצֵּץ֩ · cut offKing Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.
- 2 Kings 18:16קִצַּ֨ץ · stripped [the gold]At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 24:13וַיְקַצֵּ֞ץ · and he cut into piecesAs the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 28:24וַיְקַצֵּץ֙ · into piecesThen Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.
- Psalm 46:9וְקִצֵּ֣ץ · and shattersHe makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- Psalm 129:4קִ֝צֵּ֗ץ · He has cut meThe LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.
- Jeremiah 9:26קְצוּצֵ֣י · who clip the hairEgypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
- Jeremiah 25:23קְצוּצֵ֥י · who cutDedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
- Jeremiah 49:32קְצוּצֵ֣י · those who shaveTheir camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides,” declares the LORD.