Lexicon :: Strong's H3807 - kāṯaṯ

כָּתַת

Transliteration

kāṯaṯ

Pronunciation

kaw-thath'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1062

Strong's Info

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

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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.

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