Strong's Lexicon

H3807

H3807 — כָּתַת

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

HebrewkathathverbOccurrences: 17TWOT: 1062

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3807
Word:כָּתַת
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:17
Transliteration:kathath
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kaw-thath'
Meaning:1. to bruise or violently strike
KJV Renderings:beat (down, to pieces), break in pieces, crushed, destroy, discomfit, smite, stamp.

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[כָּתַת] verb beat, crush by beating (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּתַת); —

Qal Perfect 1 singular וְכַתּוֺתִ֫י Ps 89:24 Imperfect 1 singular וָאֶבֹּת Deut 9:21 Imperative masculine plural כֹּ֫תּוּ Joel 4:10 Passive participle כָּתוּת Isa 30:14; Lev 22:24
1. beat or crush fine, of a potter's vessel Isa 30:14, the golden calf Deut 9:21 (+ טָחוֺן הֵיטֵב ); a sacrificial vicitim Lev 22:24 (i.e. its testicles; + מָעוּךְ נָתוּק כָּרוּת); figurative of enemies Ps 89:24.
2. beat, hammer (ploughshares into swords, compare Pi`el 2) Joel 4:10.
Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular כִּתַּת 2Kgs 18:4 ; 2Chr 34:7 3 masculine plural וְכִּתְּתוּ consecutive Isa 2:4 + 2 t.; — as Qal
1. beat or crush fine 2Kgs 18:4 ; 2Chr 34:7 (of images); figurative of devastating the land Zech 11:6.
2. beat, hammer (swords into ploughshares, compare Qal 2) Isa 2:4 = Mic 4:3 .
Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine plural וְכֻתְּתוּ 2Chr 15:6 and they were beaten in pieces, one nation against another.
Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine plural וַיַּכְּתוּ Deut 1:44 beat in pieces an enemy, suffix וַיַּכּוּם וַיַּכְּתוּם Num 14:45.
Hoph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular וּשְׁאִיָּה יֻכַּתשָֿׁ֑עַר Isa 24:12 and to ruins is the gate crushed; 3 masculine plural יֻכַּתּוּ Mic 1:7 (of idol-images); figurative of warriors Jer 46:5 of frail man Job 4:20.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כתת (kah-thath’)

Psalms 89:23

KJV: And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
EHCC: (24). And 1 will beat down bis foes i

Isaiah 30:14

KJV: And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.the potters’…: Heb. the bottle of potters
EHCC: the potters’ vessel that is broken ix pices;

Joel 3:10

KJV: Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.pruninghooks: or, scythes
EHCC: (4:10). Beat your plowshares into sworis,

Deuteronomy 9:91

EHCC: +מצטפ. it with fire, and stamped it,

Leviticus 22:24

KJV: Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
EHCC: or crushed, or broken, or cut;

2 Chronicles 34:7

KJV: And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.into…: Heb. to make powder
EHCC: had beaten the graven images into pret

Isaiah 2:4

KJV: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.pruninghooks: or, scythes
EHCC: and they shall beat their swords ioto

Micah 4:3

KJV: And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.pruninghooks: or, scythes
EHCC: and they shall beat their swords into

2 Chronicles 15:6

KJV: And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces
EHCC: And nation was destroyed of uation,

Numbers 14:45

KJV: Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
EHCC: smote them, and disromfited them.

Deuteronomy 1:44

KJV: And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
EHCC: and destroyed you in Seir,

Job 4:20

KJV: They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces
EHCC: They are destroyed from morning '

Isaiah 24:12

KJV: In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
EHCC: the gate is smitten with destruct.

Jeremiah 46:5

KJV: Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord.beaten…: Heb. broken in piecesfled…: Heb. fled a flight
EHCC: their mighty ones are beaten dows, -

Micah 1:7

KJV: And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
EHCC: images thereof shall be beates to pec,
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