Lexical Definition

‎קָצַב‎ qâtsab (kaw-tsab') to shear ^H:V
a primitive root

cut down, shorn.

• to clip, or (generally) chop

1) (Qal) to cut off, shear

See Greek: κείρω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎קָצַב‎] verb cut off, shear (?) (Late Hebrew ‎קָצַב‎ decide, determine, Pi`el chop meat; Palmyrene ‎קצבא‎ butcher, so Syriac , Jewish-Aramaic ‎קַצָּכָא‎, and Arabic as loan-word Frä²⁵⁸; Arabic also is cut off a branch); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִקְצָכעֵץֿ‎ 2Kgs 6:6 he cut off a stick; Passive participle feminine plural ‎עֵדֶר הַקְּצוּבוֺת‎ Song 4:2 a flock of (sheep) that are shorn (?).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References