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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #1438 - גָּדַע

Transliteration

gâdaʻ

Phonetics

gaw-dah'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

316

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to cut, hew, chop, cut down, hew down, hew off, cut off, cut in two, shave off
1. (Qal) to hew, chop in two
2. (Niphal) to be chopped off, be hewn off
3. (Piel) to cut off or down in two, hew off or down in two
4. (Pual) to chop down, hew down

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1842 ‑ ἐξολεθρεύω (ex‑ol‑oth‑ryoo'‑o); 641 ‑ ἀπορίπτω (ap‑or‑hrip'‑to); 2806 ‑ κλάω (klah'‑o); 1581 ‑ ἐκκόπτω (ek‑kop'‑to); 851 ‑ ἀφαιρέω (af‑ahee‑reh'‑o); 1808 ‑ ἐξαίρω (ex‑ah'ee‑ro); 2608 ‑ κατάγνυμι (kat‑ag'‑noo‑mee); 2679 ‑ κατασκάπτω (kat‑as‑kap'‑to); 2875 ‑ κόπτω (kop'‑to); 2629 ‑ κατακόπτω (kat‑ak‑op'‑to); 4917 ‑ συνθλάω (soon‑thlah'‑o); 4937 ‑ συντρίβω (soon‑tree'‑bo);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (24)

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Chronicles 3

Psalms 3

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 2

BSB (22)

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 2

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 2

CSB (21)

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 2

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 2

ESV (23)

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 2

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 2

KJV (24)

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 3

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 2

LEB (22)

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 2

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 2

LSB (57)

Deuteronomy 6

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Chronicles 12

Psalms 3

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 6

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 3

Amos 3

Zechariah 6

N95 (39)

Deuteronomy 4

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Chronicles 8

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 2

Amos 2

Zechariah 4

NAS (47)

Deuteronomy 4

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Chronicles 8

Psalms 4

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 2

Amos 2

Zechariah 4

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (23)

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Chronicles 3

Psalms 2

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 2

ASV (24)

also will i cut off 1

and cut 1

and cut in sunder 1

and cut it asunder 1

and hew down 1

and hewed down 2

and it shall be hewn down 1

and ye shall hew down 1

are cut down 1

cut asunder 1

cut off 1

he hath cut off 1

he hewed down 1

how art thou cut down 1

in sunder 1

is cut off 2

may be hewn down 1

shall be brought low 1

shall be cut off 1

shall be hewn down 1

that i will cut off 1

then i cut asunder 1

BSB (22)

and chopped down 1

and cut it in two 1

and cut through 2

and cut to pieces 1

and he cut to pieces 1

chopped down 1

cut down 3

has been cut off 1

have been felled 1

he has cut off 1

i will cut off 1

is cut off 1

it will be sheared off 1

lies broken 1

then i cut in two 1

when i will cut off 1

will be cut down 1

will be cut off 1

you have been cut down 1

CSB (21)

cut down 2

cut off 1

down 8

in two 1

off 6

through 1

two 2

ESV (23)

broke 2

chop 1

chop down 1

cut down 10

cut off 5

cut through 1

down 1

shorn 1

two 1

KJV (24)

asunder 3

cut 1

down 11

off 7

sunder 2

LEB (22)

and broke it 1

and cut down 1

and cut through 1

and cuts through 1

and he cut down 2

and it will be cut down 1

cut down 1

he has cut down 1

i will cut off 1

is cut down 1

is cut off 2

then i broke 1

were felled 1

when i will cut off 1

will be cut down 1

will be cut off 1

will be felled 1

you are cut down 1

you shall hew down 2

LSB (57)

break 2

cut 20

down 1

in 15

off 3

pieces 15

through 1

N95 (39)

break 2

chopped 2

cut 15

down 10

hew 1

off 6

pieces 2

through 1

NAS (47)

break 1

chopped 2

cut 18

down 8

eliminate 1

in 2

off 8

pieces 4

through 1

to 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (23)

and cut 1

and cut apart 1

and cut down 2

and cut it apart 1

and you shall cut down 1

cut apart 1

cut off 1

fig trees have been cut down 1

he cut down 1

he has cut off 1

how you are cut down 1

is cut off 2

it will be cut down 1

may be cut down 1

that i will cut off 1

then i cut apart 1

through 1

will be brought low 1

will be cut down 1

will be cut off 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2055) o d c (גדאה GDAh) AC: Cut CO: ? AB: ?: A cutting down or into pieces. [from: dc]

V) o d c (גדאה GDAh) - Cut down: KJV (23): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pual, Piel) cut, down, asunder - Strongs: H1438 (גָּדַע)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

גָּדַע verb hew, hew down or off (Late Hebrew id. (rare), Aramaic גְּדַע Ithpe`el; Arabic

cut off hand or other member, mutilate) —

Qal Perfect גָּדַע Lamentations 2:3; וְגָדַעְתִּ֫י 1 Samuel 2:31; Imperfect וָאָגְדַּע Zechariah 11:10,14; Participle passive גְּדוּעָה Isaiah 15:2 (so many editions but) Baer גְּרוּעָה; compare below, גְּדֻעִים Isaiah 10:33; — hew, cut in two, a staff Zechariah 11:10,14; metaphor hew off, an arm 1 Samuel 2:31; horns Lamentations 2:3; hew down, trees Isaiah 10:33; if in Isaiah 15:2 then = shave off (object זקן, beard), but no other indication of this meaning, and true ᵑ0גְּרוּעָה, compare Baer's note & Jeremiah 48:37; see גרע.

Niph`al Perfect נִגְדַּע Judges 21:6 נֶגְדַּע Jeremiah 50:23; 3 feminine singular נִגְדְּעָה Jeremiah 48:25; וְנִגְדְּעָה consecutive Isaiah 22:25; 2 masculine singular נִגְדַּעְתָּ Isaiah 14:12; 3 plural וְנִגְדְּעוּ consecutive Ezekiel 6:6; Amos 3:14; — be hewn off, of altar-horns Amos 3:14, of idols Ezekiel 6:6 ("" נשׁבר); of severance of a tribe from nation Judges 21:6; figurative of king of Babylon Isaiah 14:12; of Babylon as hammer Jeremiah 50:23 ("" נשׁבר); of a minister, under figure of secure peg or pin Isaiah 22:25; of horn of Moab Jeremiah 48:25 ("" נשׁבר).

Pi`el Perfect גִּדַּע 2 Chronicles 34:7, גִּדֵּ֑עַ 2 Chronicles 34:4; Psalm 107:16, וַיְגַדַּע 2 Chronicles 14:2, אֲגַדֵּ֑עַ Psalm 7:5; Isaiah 45:2, וַיְגַדְּעוּ 2 Chronicles 31:1; 3 masculine plural תְּגַדֵּע֑וּן Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 12:3; — hew off, down, in two (compare Qal) of Asherîm Deuteronomy 7:5; 2 Chronicles 14:2; 2 Chronicles 31:1, of idols Deuteronomy 12:3 (מְּסִילִים) 2 Chronicles 34:4,7 (חַמָּנִים); figurative horns of wicked Psalm 75:11; bars of iron (i.e. of Babylon's gates) Isaiah 45:2, compare Psalm 107:16.

Pu`al Perfect גֻּדָּ֑עוּ Isaiah 9:9 hew down (of trees).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

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.

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List of Word Forms

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