Lexical Definition

‎גָּדַע‎ gâdaʻ (gaw-dah') to cut down/off ^H:V
a primitive root

cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.

• to fell a tree
• generally, to destroy anything

1) to cut, hew, chop, cut down, hew down, hew off, cut off, cut in two, shave off
1a) (Qal) to hew, chop in two
1b) (Niphal) to be chopped off, be hewn off
1c) (Piel) to cut off or down in two, hew off or down in two
1d) (Pual) to chop down, hew down

See Greek: ἀποῤῥίπτω · ἀφαιρέω · ἐκκόπτω · ἐξαίρω · ἐξολοθρεύω · κατάγνυμι · κατακόπτω · κατασκάπτω · κλάω · κόπτω · συνθλάω · συντρίβω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גָּדַע‎ verb ** hew, hew down or off (Late Hebrew id. (rare), Aramaic ‎גְּדַע‎ Ithpe`el; Arabic cut off hand or other member, mutilate**) —

Qal Perfect ‎גָּדַע‎ Lam 2:3 ‎וְגָדַעְתִּ֫י‎ 1Sam 2:31 Imperfect ‎וָאָגְדַּע‎ Zech 11:10; Zech 11:14 Participle passive ‎גְּדוּעָה‎ Isa 15:2 (so many editions but) Baer ‎גְּרוּעָה‎; compare below, ‎גְּדֻעִים‎ Isa 10:33 — hew, cut in two, a staff Zech 11:10; Zech 11:14 metaphor hew off, an arm 1Sam 2:31 horns Lam 2:3 hew down, trees Isa 10:33 if in Isa 15:2 then = shave off (object ‎זקן‎, beard), but no other indication of this meaning, and true ᵑ0 ‎גְּרוּעָה‎, compare Baer's note & Jer 48:37 see ‎גרע‎. Niph`al Perfect ‎נִגְדַּע‎ Judg 21:6 ‎נֶגְדַּע‎ Jer 50:23 3 feminine singular ‎נִגְדְּעָה‎ Jer 48:25 ‎וְנִגְדְּעָה‎ consecutive Isa 22:25 2 masculine singular ‎נִגְדַּעְתָּ‎ Isa 14:12 3 plural ‎וְנִגְדְּעוּ‎ consecutive Ezek 6:6; Amos 3:14 — be hewn off, of altar-horns Amos 3:14, of idols Ezek 6:6 (|| ‎נשׁבר‎); of severance of a tribe from nation Judg 21:6 figurative of king of Babylon Isa 14:12 of Babylon as hammer Jer 50:23 (|| ‎נשׁבר‎); of a minister, under figure of secure peg or pin Isa 22:25 of horn of Moab Jer 48:25 (|| ‎נשׁבר‎). Pi`el Perfect ‎גִּדַּע‎ 2Chr 34:7, ‎גִּדֵּ֑עַ‎ 2Chr 34:4; Ps 107:16, ‎וַיְגַדַּע‎ 2Chr 14:2*, ‎אֲגַדֵּ֑עַ‎ Ps 7:5*; Isa 45:2, ‎וַיְגַדְּעוּ‎ 2Chr 31:1 3 masculine plural ‎תְּגַדֵּע֑וּן‎ Deut 7:5; Deut 12:3 — hew off, down, in two (compare Qal) of Asherîm Deut 7:5; 2Chr 14:2*; 2Chr 31:1, of idols Deut 12:3 (‎פְּסִילִים‎) 2Chr 34:4; 2Chr 34:7 (‎חַמָּנִים‎); figurative horns of wicked Ps 75:11* bars of iron (i.e. of Babylon's gates) Isa 45:2, compare Ps 107:16. Pu`al Perfect ‎גֻּדָּ֑עוּ‎ Isa 9:9* hew down (of trees).

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