Karath

The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon

Strong's Number: 3772

Original Word	Word Origin
trk	a primitive root
Transliterated Word	TDNT Entry
Karath	TWOT - 1048
Phonetic Spelling	Parts of Speech
kaw-rath'	Verb

Definition

to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant
1. (Qal)
  1. to cut off 1a
2. to cut off a body part, behead
  1. to cut down
  2. to hew
  3. to cut or make a covenant
3. (Niphal)
  1. to be cut off
  2. to be cut down
  3. to be chewed
  4. to be cut off, fail
4. (Pual)
  1. to be cut off
  2. to be cut down
5. (Hiphil)
  1. to cut off
  2. to cut off, destroy
  3. to cut down, destroy
  4. to take away
  5. to permit to perish
6. (Hophal) cut off

NAS Word Usage - Total: 290

beams 3, cease 1, chewed 1, completely cut off 1, covenanted 1, cut 10, cut her off 1, cut him off 5, cut it down 1, cut it off 1, cut them down 1, cut you down 1, cut you off 2, cut down 23, cut off 129, cuts 1, cuts off 4, cutter 1, destroy 1, destroyed 3, fail 1, kill 1, lack 8, made 52, make 31, makes 2, making 2, making an in writing 1, perish 1

NAS Verse Count
Genesis	8
Exodus	14
Leviticus	20
Numbers	9
Deuteronomy	16
Joshua	13
Judges	8
Ruth	1
1 Samuel	16
2 Samuel	8
1 Kings	19
2 Kings	10
1 Chronicles	4
2 Chronicles	14
Ezra	1
Nehemiah	2
Job	3
Psalms	14
Proverbs	4
Isaiah	18
Jeremiah	26
Ezekiel	19
Daniel	1
Hosea	4
Joel	3
Amos	3
Obadiah	3
Micah	5
Nahum	4
Zephaniah	5
Haggai	1
Zechariah	6
Malachi	1

Total	283

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Bibliography Information

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Karath". "The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". .

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