קָצָה
qâtsâh · H7096 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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to cut off, to sever
Causative action by which humans remove part of an object with a sharp tool
ExamplesProverbs 26:6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool Chops off his own feet and drinks violence.
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to cut off, to strip, to scrape
Causative action by which humans remove from an object something that covers it, using with a sharp tool
ExamplesLeviticus 14:41 “And he shall have the house scraped all around inside, and they shall dump the plaster that they scrape off at an unclean place outside the city.
Leviticus 14:43 “If, however, the spot breaks out again in the house after he has pulled out the stones and scraped the house, and after it has been replastered,
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to cut off or reduce in size
The action by which humans remove part of an object in order to reduce its size
Examples2 Kings 10:32 In those days the LORD began to cut off pieces from Israel; and Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel:
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to destroy
Literally: to cut off; hence: causative action by which humans remove other humans from existence through acts of aggression
ExamplesHabakkuk 2:10 “You have planned a shameful thing for your house By bringing many peoples to an end; So you are sinning against yourself.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated (infinitive) 3
- Not stated: they 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
- עַםpeople 1
- רֶגֶלfoot, leg 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with+ יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 5 words
- קָצַב qâtsab · H7094 · to cut off, to cut off from, to strip
- The target lexeme (cut off, cut short, scrape off) and קָצַב (cut down, shorn) both denote cutting or detaching actions, functioning as near-synonyms describing similar physical separation.
- שָׁלַף shâlaph · H8025 · to pull out, to draw, swordsman
- Both lexemes denote actions of removing or separating something from a larger whole—genuine detachment verbs that could overlap in sense (cutting off vs. drawing/plucking off). This appears to be a real near-synonym pairing of separation/removal verbs.
- גָּרַע gâraʻ · H1639 · to shear, to cut off, to draw up
- Both lexemes denote physical cutting or reducing actions that genuinely overlap in sense (both can describe removing/reducing by cutting). This is a real synonym pair.
- גָּזַר gâzar · H1504 · to cut off, to cut down, to cut out
- Both words denote severing and cutting actions that overlap in sense.
- קָצַץ qâtsats · H7112 · to cut off, to sever, to strip
- Both words denote cutting or severing actions, different Hebrew verbs for the same physical act; "cut off" applies to both, and both are verbs of separation.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Detach002003001006
- The word means to cut off or scrape off, directly illustrated by scraping off the plaster of a contaminated house (Leviticus 14:41, 43) and the LORD beginning to cut off pieces of Israel's territory (2 Kings 10:32).
- Little002001001038
- This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which concern scraping or cutting off portions rather than smallness itself.
- Non-Exist002002002006
- The sense of something being brought to an end is illustrated by the woe pronounced on one bringing many peoples to an end through violence (Habakkuk 2:10).
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7096. qatsah I. [קָצָה] verb cut off (Late Hebrew id., separate, Phoenician קצה cut off,…
I. [קָצָה] verb cut off (Late Hebrew id., separate, Phoenician קצה cut off, exterminate; Aramaic קְצָא, break off (e.g. bread); Arabic be remote, remote extremity); —
Qal Infinitive עַמִּים קְצוֺת Hab 2:10 cutting off many peoples; Vrss קַצּוֺת (√ קצץ); Gr Now conjecture הֲצִיקוֺתָ.
Pi`el Infinitive construct בְּ לִקַצּוֺת 2Ki 10:32 to cut off in Israel; read probably לִקְצוֺף to be angry with, ᵑ7 Hi CheCrit. n. Isa 14:6 (in Commentaries) KmpKau Kit Benz, ᵑ9; Gr לָקוּץ; Participle רַגְלַיִם מְקַצֶּח Pro 26:6 (figurative).
Hiph`il Perfect3plural הִקְצוּ Lev 14:41, accusative dust; Infinitive construct הִקְצוֺת Lev 14:43, accusative house, in both apparently = קָצַע scrape, scrape off (q. v., Lev 14:41 a), and so probably read, namely הַקְצִיעַ הִקְצְעוּ,, RSJPhil. xvi (1888), 72 Dr-Wh Di-Ry Baen.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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