Strong's H3772 · Hebrew

karath

kaw-rath'

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)

Scholarly Lexicons

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

H3772

H3772 כָּרַת cut off , cut down . . cut off . cut down . hew , timber . cut , or make a covenant . . be cut off . be cut down . be chewed between the teeth . be cut off , in a more general sense fail . . be cut off . be cut down . . cut off , flattering lips . cut off , destroy the life of . cut down , destroy , cities . take away . permit to perish

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB), 1906 — public domain

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