Cut

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: cut, cutting, cuts, cuttings. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

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How often each original word is translated “cut” or one of its forms.

• כָּרַת kârath152
• גָּדַע gâda17
• נָתַח nâthach9
• קָצַץ qâtsats9
• ἐκκόπτω ekkóptō9
• גָּזַר gâzar8
• שָׁבַר shâbar5
• ἀποκόπτω apokóptō5
• גָּדַד gâdad4
• חָטַב châṭab4
• κολοβόω kolobóō4
• סוּר sûr3

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• כָּרַת kârathcut off, cut downtranslated this way 152 times of its 284 uses · Strong’s H3772Verb  ·  Translated: cut 144, made 47, make 28, fail 7

  Genesis 9:11 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.”

  Exodus 4:25 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.

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• גָּדַע gâdahew, hew down or offtranslated this way 17 times of its 22 uses · Strong’s H1438Verb  ·  Translated: cut 13, chopped 2, cut to pieces 2

  Deuteronomy 7:5 Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.

  Judges 21:6 And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.

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• נָתַח nâthachcut up, cut in pieces, divide by jointstranslated this way 9 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s H5408Verb  ·  Translated: cut 6, cut her into pieces 1, cut them into pieces 1, cut it into pieces 1

  Exodus 29:17 Cut the ram into pieces, wash the entrails and legs, and place them with its head and other pieces.

  Leviticus 1:6 Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

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• קָצַץ qâtsatscut offtranslated this way 9 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s H7112Verb  ·  Translated: cut 8

  Exodus 39:3 They 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 25:12 you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.

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• גָּזַר gâzarcut, dividetranslated this way 8 times of its 13 uses · Strong’s H1504Verb  ·  Translated: cut 6

  1 Kings 3:25 and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”

  2 Kings 6:4 So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.

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• שָׁבַר shâbarbreak, break in piecestranslated this way 5 times of its 146 uses · Strong’s H7665Verb  ·  Translated: broken 32, shattered 23, break 21, broke 10

  Leviticus 26:26 When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.

  Psalm 105:16 He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

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• גָּדַד gâdadpenetrate, cuttranslated this way 4 times of its 8 uses · Strong’s H1413Verb  ·  Translated: cut 3, band together 1, assembled 1, anyone cut 1

  Deuteronomy 14:1 You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

  1 Kings 18:28 So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.

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• חָטַב châṭabcut or gather woodtranslated this way 4 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s H2404Verb  ·  Translated: woodcutters 4, cut 3, carved 1, like woodsmen cutting down trees 1

  Deuteronomy 19:5 If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.

  Jeremiah 46:22 Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.

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• סוּר sûrturn asidetranslated this way 3 times of its 294 uses · Strong’s H5493Verb  ·  Translated: removed 46, remove 38, turn away 23, turn aside 16

  Leviticus 3:9 And from the peace offering he shall bring a food offering to the LORD consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,

  2 Kings 6:32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

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• קָרַע qârateartranslated this way 3 times of its 63 uses · Strong’s H7167Verb  ·  Translated: tore 25, torn 15, tear 11, away 3

  Leviticus 13:56 If the priest examines it and the mildew has faded after it has been washed, he must cut the contaminated section out of the fabric, leather, weave, or knit.

  Jeremiah 22:14 who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.

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• רֹאשׁ rôshheadtranslated this way 3 times of its 570 uses · Strong’s H7218Noun  ·  Translated: head 200, heads 113, chief 31, top 29

  1 Samuel 17:46 This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.

  2 Samuel 16:9 Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”

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• גָּזִית gâzîtha cutting, hewingtranslated this way 3 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s H1496Noun  ·  Translated: dressed stone 2, cut 2

  1 Kings 7:9 All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.

  Lamentations 3:9 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.

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• נָפַל nâphalfall, lietranslated this way 3 times of its 432 uses · Strong’s H5307Verb  ·  Translated: fall 104, fell 77, fallen 54, falls 21Full study and all 403 verses →
• בָּצַע bâtsacut off, break off, gain by violencetranslated this way 3 times of its 16 uses · Strong’s H1214Verb  ·  Translated: greedy 5, cut 2

  Job 6:9 that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!

  Isaiah 38:12 My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.

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• קָצַר qâtsarbe shorttranslated this way 3 times of its 46 uses · Strong’s H7114Verb  ·  Translated: reap 14, harvesters 6, short 4, harvesting 3

  Psalm 89:45 You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah

  Proverbs 10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

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• מוּל mûlcircumcisetranslated this way 3 times of its 34 uses · Strong’s H4135Verb  ·  Translated: circumcised 24, circumcise 5, cut 3, blunted 1

  Psalm 118:10 All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

  Psalm 118:11 They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

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• גָּזַז gazâzsheartranslated this way 3 times of its 15 uses · Strong’s H1494Verb  ·  Translated: shearing 3, sheepshearers 2, shear 2, shearers 2

  Jeremiah 7:29 Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’

  Micah 1:16 Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.

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• חֲרֹשֶׁת chărôshethcarving, skilful workingtranslated this way 2 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s H2799Noun  ·  Translated: cut 2, carve 2

  Exodus 31:5 to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every craft.

  Exodus 35:33 to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every artistic craft.

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• שָׁחַת shâchathgo to ruin (?)translated this way 2 times of its 145 uses · Strong’s H7843Verb  ·  Translated: destroy 58, destroyed 13, corrupt 7, corrupted 5

  Judges 20:21 And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.

  Judges 20:25 That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

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• שָׁמַד shâmadbe exterminated, destroyedtranslated this way 2 times of its 88 uses · Strong’s H8045Verb  ·  Translated: destroyed 37, destroy 25, destruction 5, wipe 3

  2 Samuel 14:7 Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

  2 Samuel 14:16 For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’

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• כָּסַח kâsachcut off or awaytranslated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s H3683Verb  ·  Translated: cut 2

  Psalm 80:16 Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

  Isaiah 33:12 The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.

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• עֲבַד ăbaddo, make, preparetranslated this way 2 times of its 25 uses · Strong’s H5648Verb  ·  Translated: made 4, done 4, carried 3, cut 2

  Daniel 2:5 The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.

  Daniel 3:29 Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”

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• גְּזַר gezarcut, (divide,) determinetranslated this way 2 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s H1505Verb  ·  Translated: diviners 3, cut 2, magician 1

  Daniel 2:34 As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.

  Daniel 2:45 And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

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• גְּדַד gedadhew downtranslated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s H1414Verb  ·  Translated: Cut 2

  Daniel 4:14 He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.

  Daniel 4:23 And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’

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• שֶׂרֶט sereṭincisiontranslated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s H8296Noun  ·  Translated: make any cuts 1, cuts 1

  Leviticus 19:28 You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

  Leviticus 21:5 Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

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• קָצָה qâtsâhcut offtranslated this way 2 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s H7096Verb  ·  Translated: scraped 2, reduce the size 1, Like cutting 1, cutting 1

  Proverbs 26:6 Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

  Habakkuk 2:10 You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.

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Greek words (New Testament)

• ἐκκόπτω ekkóptōI cut out, cut offtranslated this way 9 times of its 10 uses · Strong’s G1581Verb  ·  Translated: cut 9, undercut 1

  Matthew 3:10 The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

  Luke 3:9 The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

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• ἀποκόπτω apokóptōI smite, cut off, emasculatetranslated this way 5 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s G609Verb  ·  Translated: cut 4, cutting 1, proceed to emasculate 1

  Mark 9:43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

  John 18:10 Then Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

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• κολοβόω kolobóōI cut short, shortentranslated this way 4 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s G2856Verb  ·  Translated: cut short 3, cut them short 1

  Matthew 24:22 If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

  Mark 13:20 If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.

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• ἀφαιρέω aphairéōI take away, smite offtranslated this way 3 times of its 10 uses · Strong’s G851Verb  ·  Translated: cutting 3, take away 3, taken away 2, taking 1

  Matthew 26:51 At this, one of Jesus’ companions drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

  Mark 14:47 And one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

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• κόπτω kóptōI cut off, mourntranslated this way 2 times of its 8 uses · Strong’s G2875Verb  ·  Translated: mourn 3, cut 2, mourning 1, kept mourning 1

  Matthew 21:8 A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

  Mark 11:8 Many in the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields.

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• διχοτομέω dichotoméōI cut in two, scourge severelytranslated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s G1371Verb  ·  Translated: cut him to pieces 2

  Matthew 24:51 Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’’

  Luke 12:46 The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

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• λατομέω latoméōI hew stonestranslated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s G2998Verb  ·  Translated: cut 2

  Matthew 27:60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.

  Mark 15:46 So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

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• κείρω keírōI shear, cut the hair oftranslated this way 2 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s G2751Verb  ·  Translated: hair cut 2, shearer 1, shaved 1

  1 Corinthians 11:6 If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.

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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.