The meaning of “כָּרַת”
Understanding kârath reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (c...
כָּרַת
be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want. - 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) 1) to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut off 1a1a) to cut off a body part, behead 1a2) to cut down 1a3) to hew 1a4) to cut or make a covenant 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be cut off 1b2) to be cut down 1b3) to be chewed 1b4) to be cut off, fail 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be cut off 1c2) to be cut down 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cut off 1d2) to cut off, destroy 1d3) to cut down, destroy 1d4) to take away 1d5) to permit to perish 1e) (Hophal) cut off
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 21:32 | “Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.” Word: כָּרַת (kârath) | |
| Judges 6:28 | “And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.” Word: כָּרַת (kârath) | |
| 1 Chronicles 17:8 | “And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.” Word: כָּרַת (kârath) | |
| Proverbs 23:18 | “For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.” Word: כָּרַת (kârath) | |
| Joel 1:9 | “The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord’s ministers, mourn.” Word: כָּרַת (kârath) |
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