Strong's Lexicon

H3683

H3683 — כָּסַח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewkacachverb-stemOccurrences: 2TWOT: 1010

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3683
Word:	כָּסַח
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	kacach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kaw-sakh'
Meaning:	1. to cut off
KJV Renderings:	cut down (up).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4116

[כָּסַח] verb cut off or away, a plant (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּסַח , [untranscribed source text 2587] (for Hebrew זָמַר); Arabic [untranscribed source text 2588] sweep off, away, destroy, do away with; compare Sabean כסח overpower, conquer, Hom^{ZMG 1892, 532}) — only

Qal Passive participle, feminine singular כְּסוּחָה Ps 80:17, cut away, of Israel under figure of vine; masculine plural קוֺצִים כְּסוּחִים Isa 33:12 thorns cut away, figurative of peoples destroyed by divine judgment.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כסח (kah-sagh’)

Psalms 80:16

KJV: It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

EHCC: (17).burned with fire, (it is) ret dee!