Hebrew

To cut

גָּזַרStrong’s H1504

gazar (ga-zar)

Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Gazar is the Hebrew word usually translated “cut”, “was cut off” and “cut down”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”

1 Kings 3:25 KJV

Meaning

To cut, divide, cut down, cut off, cut in two, snatch, decree(Qal) · (Niphal)

How it's translated

cut 2
he was cut off 2
and they cut down 1
it had been decreed 1
and you may decide 1
they are cut off 1
to cut 1
and it devoured 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

1 Kings 2
Psalms 2
Isaiah 2
2 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Esther 1

10 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

All 13 verses, by book

1 Kings 2: 3:25 3:26
2 Kings 1: 6:4
2 Chronicles 1: 26:21
Esther 1: 2:1
Job 1: 22:28
Psalms 2: 88:5 136:13
Isaiah 2: 9:20 53:8
Lamentations 1: 3:54
Ezekiel 1: 37:11
Habakkuk 1: 3:17

Hebrew dictionary

גָּזַר gazar · to cut

1) to cut, divide, cut down, cut off, cut in two, snatch, decree 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut in two, divide 1a2) to cut down 1a3) to cut off, destroy, exterminate 1a4) to decree 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be cut off, separated, excluded 1b2) to be destroyed, cut off 1b3) to be decreed

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “cut” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CUT, verb transitive

preterit tense and preposition cut [Latin, to thrust, to drive, to strike.]

To separate the parts of any body by an edged instrument, either by striking, as with an ax, or by sawing or rubbing; to make a gash, incision or notch, which separates the external part of a body, as to cut the flesh.
To hew.“Thy servants can skill to cut timber” 2 Chronicles 2:8
To carve, as meat; to carve or engrave in sculpture.
To divide; to cleave, by passing through; as, a ship cuts the briny deep.

All definitions and other forms of “cut”

To penetrate; to pierce; to affect deeply; as, a sarcasm cuts to the quick.
To divide, as a pack of cards; as, to cut and shuffle.
To intersect; to cross.
To castrate.“He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked” Psalms 129:4“Ye shall cut down their groves” Exodus 34:13
To separate one part from another; as, to cut off a finger, or an arm; to cut off the right hand figure; to cut off a letter or syllable.
To destroy; to extirpate; to put to death untimely.“Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord” 1 Kings 18:4
To separate; to remove to a distance, or to prevent all intercourse.
To interrupt; as, to cut off communication.
To separate; to remove; to take away; as, to cut off ten years of life.
To intercept; to hinder from return, or union.
To end; to finish; as, to cut off all controversy.
To prevent or preclude; as, to cut off all occasion of blame.
To preclude or shut out.
To stop, interrupt or silence.
To hasten; to run or ride with the utmost speed; a vulgar phrase.
To urge or drive in striking; to quicken blows; to hasten.
To remove a part by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a piece from a board; to cut out the tongue.
To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment; to cut out an image; to cut out a wood into walks.
To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out word for another day.
To shape; to adapt.
To debar. [Not common.]
To take the preference or precedence of; as, to cut out a prior judgment creditor.
To step in and take the place of, as in courting and dancing. [A vulgar phrase.]
To interfere as a horse, when the shoe of one foot beats off the skin of the pastern joint of another.
To hinder from proceeding by sudden interruption.
To shorten; to abridge; as, to cut short of provisions or pay; to cut the matter short.
To cut in pieces; as, to cut up beef.
To eradicate; to cut off; as, to cut up shrubs.

CUT, verb intransitive

To pass into or through and sever; to enter and divide the parts; as, an instrument cuts well.
To be severed by a cutting instrument; as, this fruit cuts easy or smooth.
To divide by passing.
To perform a surgical operation by cutting, especially in lithotomy.
To interfere, as a horse.

CUT, participle passive

Gashed; divided; hewn; carved; intersected; pierced; deeply affected; castrated.

CUT, noun

The action of an edged instrument; a stroke or blow, as with an ax or sword.
A cleft; a gash; a notch; a wound; the opening made by an edged instrument, distinguished by its length from that made by perforation with a pointed instrument.
A stroke or blow with a whip.
A channel made by cutting or digging; a ditch; a groove; a furrow; a canal.
A part cut off from the rest; as a good cut of beef; a cut of timber.
A lot made by cutting a stick; as, to draw cuts.
A near passage, by which an angle is cut off; a shorter cut
A picture cut or cared on wood or metal, and impressed from it.
The stamp on which a picture is carved, and by which it is impressed.
The act of dividing a pack of cards.
Manner in which a thing is cut; form; shape; fashion; as the cut of a garment; the cut of his beard.
A fool; a cully; a gelding. [Not in use.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.