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Lexicon :: Strong's H3807 - kāṯaṯ

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כָּתַת
Transliteration
kāṯaṯ
Pronunciation
kaw-thath'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1062

Strong’s Definitions

כָּתַת kâthath, kaw-thath'; a primitive root; to bruise or violently strike:—beat (down, to pieces), break in pieces, crushed, destroy, discomfit, smite, stamp.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H3807 in the following manner: beat (4x), destroyed (3x), beat down (2x), break in pieces (2x), smite (2x), beat in pieces (1x), discomfited (1x), crushed (1x), stamped (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H3807 in the following manner: beat (4x), destroyed (3x), beat down (2x), break in pieces (2x), smite (2x), beat in pieces (1x), discomfited (1x), crushed (1x), stamped (1x).

  1. to beat, crush by beating, crush to pieces, crush fine

    1. (Qal)

      1. to beat or crush fine

      2. to beat, hammer

    2. (Piel)

      1. to beat or crush fine

      2. to beat, hammer

    3. (Pual) to be beaten

    4. (Hiphil) to beat in pieces, shatter

    5. (Hophal) to be beaten, be crushed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּתַת kâthath, kaw-thath'; a primitive root; to bruise or violently strike:—beat (down, to pieces), break in pieces, crushed, destroy, discomfit, smite, stamp.
STRONGS H3807: Abbreviations
† [כָּתַת] verb beat, crush by beating (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּתַת); —
Qal Perfect 1st person singular וְכַתּוֺתִ֫י Psalm 89:24; Imperfect 1st person singular וָאֶבֹּת Deuteronomy 9:21; Imperative masculine plural כֹּ֫תּוּ Joel 4:10 [Joel 3:10]; Passive participle כָּתוּת Isaiah 30:14; Leviticus 22:24; —
1. beat or crush fine, of a potter's vessel Isaiah 30:14, the golden calf Deuteronomy 9:21 (+ טָחוֺן הֵיטֵב); a sacrificial vicitim Leviticus 22:24 (i.e. its testicles; + מָעוּךְ נָתוּק כָּרוּת); figurative of enemies Psalm 89:24.
2. beat, hammer (ploughshares into swords, compare Pi. 2) Joel 4:10 [Joel 3:10].
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular כִּתַּת 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Chronicles 34:7; 3rd person masculine plural וְכִּתְּתוּ consecutive Isaiah 2:4 + 2 times; — as Qal
1. beat or crush fine 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Chronicles 34:7 (of images); figurative of devastating the land Zechariah 11:6.
2. beat, hammer (swords into ploughshares, compare Qal 2) Isaiah 2:4 = Micah 4:3.
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine plural וְכֻתְּתוּ 2 Chronicles 15:6 and they were beaten in pieces, one nation against another.
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיַּכְּתוּ Deuteronomy 1:44 beat in pieces an enemy, suffix וַיַּכּוּם וַיַּכְּתוּם Numbers 14:45.
Hoph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וּשְׁאִיָּה יֻכַּתשָֿׁ֑עַר Isaiah 24:12 and to ruins is the gate crushed; 3rd person masculine plural יֻכַּתּוּ Micah 1:7 (of idol-images); figurative of warriors Jeremiah 46:5; of frail man Job 4:20.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

22:24; 22:24

Numbers

14:45

Deuteronomy

1:44; 9:21; 9:21

2 Kings

18:4; 18:4

2 Chronicles

15:6; 34:7; 34:7

Job

4:20

Psalms

89:24; 89:24

Isaiah

2:4; 2:4; 24:12; 30:14; 30:14

Jeremiah

46:5

Joel

3:10; 3:10

Micah

1:7; 4:3

Zechariah

11:6

H3807

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3807 matches the Hebrew כָּתַת (kāṯaṯ),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:24 - You must not offer to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn or cut. You must not do this in your own land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:45 - Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:44 - The Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you; they chased you like a swarm of bees and beat you down from Seir all the way to Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:21 - Also I took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust and threw the dust into a stream that flowed down the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.[fn])

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6 - One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:7 - he tore down the altars and the Asherah poles and crushed the idols to powder and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout Israel. Then he went back to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:20 - Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:23 - I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 - He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:12 - The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - It will break in pieces like pottery, shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found for taking coals from a hearth or scooping water out of a cistern.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:5 - What do I see? They are terrified, they are retreating, their warriors are defeated. They flee in haste without looking back, and there is terror on every side,”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:10 - Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, “I am strong!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:7 - All her idols will be broken to pieces; all her temple gifts will be burned with fire; I will destroy all her images. Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes, as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:3 - He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:6 - For I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” declares the LORD. “I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors and their king. They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue anyone from their hands.”
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