גָּדַע
gâdaʻ · gaw-dah'
to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything
- to fell a tree
- generally, to destroy anything
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in › to see and know
To carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּדַע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and cut down4 · 17%
- cut off2 · 8%
- and ye shall hew down1 · 4%
- that i will cut off1 · 4%
- he cut down1 · 4%
- also will i cut off1 · 4%
- and cut1 · 4%
- in sunder1 · 4%
- are cut down1 · 4%
- shall be hewn down1 · 4%
- how art thou cut down1 · 4%
- and be cut down1 · 4%
- and cut in sunder1 · 4%
- is cut off1 · 4%
- cut asunder1 · 4%
- he hath cut off1 · 4%
- may be cut down1 · 4%
- shall be cut off1 · 4%
- and cut it asunder1 · 4%
- then i cut asunder1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.