Bible Lexicons

גָּדַע fut. יִגְדַע.

(1)  to cut, to cut down, to prune, prop. trees (see Pual), applied also to the slaughter of men, Isaiah 10:33; Judges 21:6. (Arabic جدع to cut off the hand, nose, ears, أَجدَعُ mutilated. Kindred is גָּזַע, see more under גָּדַד ). Once used of the beard of mourners as cut off, Isaiah 15:2, בָּל־זָקָן גְּרוּעָה “every beard cut off,” or mutilated. In the place where this is copied, Jeremiah 48:37, we read, גְּרוּעָה shorn, but there is no need to regard this as the true reading in Isaiah, though it is found in 80 MSS.; for Jeremiah, as usual, substitutes for a word in little use another appropriate to the purpose. See my Comment on the passage. Comp. Gesch. d. Hebr. Sprache, p. 37, and above in אָשִׁישׁ see p. 85, A.

(2) to break as a rod, Zechariah 11:10, 14 Zechariah 11:14. To break any one’s arm (said of God), 1 Samuel 2:31 and any one’s horn, Lamentations 2:3 (compare Ps. 75:11 ), figuratively for to break his strength, as also in Arabic.

Niphal, to be cut down, Isaiah 14:12, 22:25 also to be broken, of horns, Jeremiah 48:25 of statues, Ezekiel 6:6.

Piel גִּדַּע, with distinct, acc. גִּדֵּעַ to break, to break in pieces, as bars, bolts, 45:2 horns, Ps. 75:11 the statues of idols, Deuteronomy 7:5, 12:3.

Pual, to be cut down as a tree, Isaiah 9:9.

The Derivatives all follow immediately.

אֲגַדֵּ֑עַ אֲגַדֵּֽעַ׃ אגדע אגדע׃ גְּדוּעִ֔ים גִּדֵּ֑עַ גִּדֵּֽעַ׃ גִּדַּ֖ע גָּדַ֣ע גֻּדָּ֔עוּ גדועים גדע גדע׃ גדעו וְגָֽדַעְתִּי֙ וְנִגְדְּעָ֣ה וְנִגְדְּעוּ֙ וַיְגַדְּע֣וּ וַיְגַדַּ֖ע וָֽאֶגְדַּע֙ וָאֶגְדַּ֖ע ואגדע וגדעתי ויגדע ויגדעו ונגדעה ונגדעו נִגְדְּעָה֙ נִגְדַּ֣עְתָּ נִגְדַּ֥ע נִגְדַּע֙ נגדע נגדעה נגדעת תְּגַדֵּע֑וּן תְּגַדֵּע֔וּן תגדעון ’ă·ḡad·dê·a‘ ’ăḡaddêa‘ agadDea gā·ḏa‘ gaDa gāḏa‘ gə·ḏū·‘îm gəḏū‘îm geduIm gid·da‘ gid·dê·a‘ gidDa gidda‘ gidDea giddêa‘ gud·dā·‘ū guddā‘ū gudDau niḡ·da‘ niḡ·da‘·tā niḡ·də·‘āh nigDa niḡda‘ niḡda‘tā nigData niḡdə‘āh nigdeAh tə·ḡad·dê·‘ūn təḡaddê‘ūn tegaddeUn vaegDa vaygadDa vaygaddeU vegadaTi venigdeAh venigdeU wā’eḡda‘ wā·’eḡ·da‘ way·ḡad·da‘ way·ḡad·də·‘ū wayḡadda‘ wayḡaddə‘ū wə·ḡā·ḏa‘·tî wə·niḡ·də·‘āh wə·niḡ·də·‘ū wəḡāḏa‘tî wəniḡdə‘āh wəniḡdə‘ū