To cut down/off
גָּדַעStrong’s H1438gada (ga-da)
Appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gada is the Hebrew word usually translated “cut down”, “it has been cut off” and “cut up”. It appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.”
Meaning
- To cut, hew, chop, cut down, hew down, hew off, cut off, cut in two, shave off(Qal) to hew, chop in two · (Niphal) to be chopped off, be hewn off · (Piel) to cut off or down in two, hew off or down in two · (Pual) to chop down, hew down
How it's translated
- you will cut down 2
- it has been cut off 2
- he cut down 2
- and i cut up 2
- and i will cut off 1
- and he cut down 1
- and they cut down 1
- i will cut off 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 5
- 2 Chronicles 4
- Deuteronomy 2
- Psalms 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Zechariah 2
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 11:14In contextThen I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
- Deuteronomy 7:5But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
- Deuteronomy 12:3And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
- Judges 21:6And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
- 1 Samuel 2:31Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
- 2 Chronicles 14:3For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
Hebrew dictionary
גָּדַע gada · to cut down/off
1) to cut, hew, chop, cut down, hew down, hew off, cut off, cut in two, shave off 1a) (Qal) to hew, chop in two 1b) (Niphal) to be chopped off, be hewn off 1c) (Piel) to cut off or down in two, hew off or down in two 1d) (Pual) to chop down, hew down
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.