Word

קָצַץ

qâtsats · H7112 · Hebrew · 14 occurrences

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Meanings

to cut off, to sever, to strip

Causative action by which humans remove part of an object with a sharp tool

Examples
Deuteronomy 25:12 then you shall cut off her hand; you shall not show pity.
Judges 1:6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
Judges 1:7 And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” So they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
to strip, to cut off from

Causative action by which humans remove from an object something that covers it, with a sharp tool

Examples
2 Kings 18:16 At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the doorposts, which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.
Jeremiah 9:26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all those inhabiting the desert who trim the hair on their temples; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised of heart.”
Jeremiah 25:23 and to Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who trim the corners of their hair;
to cut into threads

Literaly: to cut off; hence: causative action by which humans cut a metal sheet into threads with a sharp tool

Examples
Exodus 39:3 Then they hammered out gold sheets and cut them into threads to be woven in with the violet, the purple, and the scarlet material, and the fine linen, the work of a skilled embroiderer.
to cut, to cut in pieces, to break, to snap

Literally: to cut off; hence: causative action by which humans damage an object by breaking it into separate parts

Examples
2 Kings 24:13 He also brought out from there all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and he smashed all the articles of gold that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, just as the LORD had said.
2 Chronicles 28:24 Moreover, when Ahaz gathered together the utensils of the house of God, he cut the utensils of the house of God in pieces; and he closed the doors of the house of the LORD, and made altars for himself in every corner of Jerusalem.
Psalm 46:9 He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariots with fire.

How it’s used In 6 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

11 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 5
Not stated: they 2
חִזְקִיָּהHezekiah 1
מֶלֶךְking 1
בֹּהֶןthumb 1
Not stated: you (one person) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

10 occurrences in 11 groups

Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

בin/on/with+ עֵתtime, moment, period 1
כlike/as+ דָבַרto speak, to say 1
לto/for+ עָשָׂהto do, to make 1

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 1 groups

פֵּאָהside 3

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 2 groups

יָשַׁבto dwell, to live, to sit 1
הֶםthem 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against 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

גָּדַע gâdaʻ · H1438 · to break off, to cut off, to cut down: Both words are verbs of cutting and severing with overlapping senses (cut asunder, cut off, hew down), and could substitute in many contexts.
נָתַק nâthaq · H5423 · to pull off, to tear off, to wrench off: Both words denote forcible separation or detachment, removing parts from wholes, and overlap in sense.
מָלַק mâlaq · H4454 · to pinch off: Both words denote actions of detaching or cutting, in the broad range of detaching or severing.
קָצָה qâtsâh · H7096 · 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.
גָּזַר gâzar · H1504 · to cut off, to cut down, to cut out: Both words are verbs of cutting that share the core sense of severing or detaching (גָּזַר (gâzar, H1504): "cut down, cut off, divide"; קָצַץ (qâtsats, H7112): "cut asunder, cut in pieces, cut off").

In the other Testament 1 word

ἀποκόπτω apokóptō · G609 · to cut down, to cut off, to cut in two: Greek ἀποκόπτω specifically denotes amputation or cutting off (particularly of body parts), representing the LXX's consistent rendering choice for Hebrew קָצַץ's 'cut off/asunder' sense; both terms share the semantic core of violent severance or removal through cutting.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Detach002003001006: The word means to cut off, directly illustrated by the woman whose hand is cut off for grabbing an assailant improperly (Deuteronomy 25:12), Adoni-bezek cutting off the thumbs and toes of seventy kings (Judges 1:6-7), and David's men cutting off the hands and feet of Ish-bosheth's murderers (2 Samuel 4:12).
Impact002001001024: The same violent cutting-off scenes directly illustrate this sense of forceful injury, as with the severed thumbs, toes, hands, and feet in Judges 1:6-7 and 2 Samuel 4:12.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

קָצַץqâtsats · H7112קֵץ qêts · H7093 · end, final · 67×קְצַץ qᵉtsats · H7113 · cut off · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7112. qatsats [קָצַץ] verb cut off (Late Hebrew id., also קֵץ end; Assyrian ‡aƒâƒu, hew…

H7112. qatsats
[קָצַץ] verb cut off (Late Hebrew id., also קֵץ end; Assyrian ‡aƒâƒu, hew off, cut off, ‡iƒƒatu, boundary stone, BelserBAS ii. 120, 139, compare HilprAssyriaca i. 12; Arabic cut, clip, cut off; Aramaic קְצַץ, cut off, קִיצָּא, end);-
Qal Perfect2masculine singular consecutive וְקַצֹּתָה Deu 25:12 (accusative כַּמָּהּ); Participle pass plural construct פֵאָה קְצוּצֵי Jer 9:25; Jer 25:23; Jer 49:32 (see מֵּאָה 1).
Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular קִצֵּץ Psa 129:4, ׳וְק consecutive Exo 39:3; Psa 46:10, קִצַּץ 2Ki 18:16; Imperfect וַיְקַצֵּץ 2Ki 16:17 +, etc.;-cut or hew off, thumbs, toes, Jdg 1:6, hands and feet 2Sa 4:12; cut in two, spear (חֲנִית) Psa 46:10, threads Exo 39:3 (P), cords Psa 129:4 (figurative); cut in pieces, vessels (of gold) 2Ki 24:13; 2Ch 28:24; bases (הַמְּכֹנוֺת) 2Ki 16:17 (so Kit Benz, transposing הַמִּסְגְּרוֺת), doors 2Ki 18:16 (both, for the sake of metal sheathing).
Pu`al Participle plural מְקֻצָּצִים Jdg 1:7 hewn off (as Jdg 1:6 above).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Impact5 occurrences Detach9 occurrences

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

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0