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גָּדַע H1438

H1438 is the Hebrew word גָּדַע, transliterated gâdaʻ and said gaw-dah'. The King James Version most often renders it cut down.

Word: גָּדַעTransliteration: gâdaʻSaid: gaw-dah'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 22 verses

What it means

to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 22 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

cut down 8×cut off 5×cut asunder 2×hew down 1×also will i cut off 1×cut 1×hewn down 1×how art thou cut down 1×cut in sunder 1×cut it asunder 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.

Verses using גָּדַע

All 22 verses, quoted in full.

Deuteronomy 7:5 · KJV

But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

Deuteronomy 12:3 · KJV

And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

Judges 21:6 · KJV

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

1 Samuel 2:31 · KJV

Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

2 Chronicles 14:3 · KJV

For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

2 Chronicles 31:1 · KJV

Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

2 Chronicles 34:4 · KJV

And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

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.

Psalm 75:10 · KJV

All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Psalm 107:16 · KJV

For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

Isaiah 9:10 · KJV

The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

Isaiah 10:33 · KJV

Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

Isaiah 14:12 · KJV

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

Isaiah 22:25 · KJV

In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

Isaiah 45:2 · KJV

I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

Jeremiah 48:25 · KJV

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:23 · KJV

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

Lamentations 2:3 · KJV

He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

Ezekiel 6:6 · KJV

In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

Amos 3:14 · KJV

That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

Zechariah 11:10 · KJV

And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

Zechariah 11:14 · KJV

Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1438 mean?

H1438 is the Hebrew word גָּדַע (gâdaʻ), meaning to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything.

How is H1438 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it cut down (8 times), cut off (5 times), cut asunder (2 times), hew down (1 time), also will i cut off (1 time), among others.

How many times does H1438 appear in the Bible?

גָּדַע (gâdaʻ) is tagged in 22 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1438 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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