Lexical Definition

‎קָצַץ‎ qâtsats (kaw-tsats') to cut ^H:V
a primitive root

cut (asunder, in pieces, in sunder, off), [idiom] utmost.

• to chop off (literally or figuratively)

1) to cut off
1a) (Qal) to cut off
1b) (Piel) to cut or hew off, cut in two, cut in pieces
1c) (Pual) to be cut or hewn off

See Greek: ἀποκόπτω · κατακόπτω · κείρω · κολοβόω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: qe.tsats (‎ק‎ְ‎צ‎ַ‎ץ‎ "to cut" קְצַץ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎קָצַץ‎] verb cut off (Late Hebrew id., also ‎קֵץ‎ end; Assyrian ‡aƒâƒu, hew off, cut off, ‡iƒƒatu, boundary stone, Belser^{BAS ii. 120, 139,} compare Hilpr^{Assyriaca i. 12}; Arabic cut, clip, cut off; Aramaic ‎קְצַץ‎, cut off, ‎קִיצָּא‎, end);-Qal Perfect 2 masculine singular consecutive ‎וְקַצֹּתָה‎ Deut 25:12 (accusative ‎כַּפָּהּ‎); Participle pass plural construct ‎קְצוּצֵי פֵאָה‎ Jer 9:25*; Jer 25:23; Jer 49:32 (see ‎פֵּאָה‎ 1). Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎קִצֵּץ‎ Ps 129:4, ‎׳‎‎וְק‎ consecutive Exod 39:3; Ps 46:10*, ‎קִצַּץ‎ 2Kgs 18:16 Imperfect ‎וַיְקַצֵּץ‎ 2Kgs 16:17 +, etc.;-cut or hew off, thumbs, toes, Judg 1:6, hands and feet 2Sam 4:12 cut in two, spear (‎חֲנִית‎) Ps 46:10*, threads Exod 39:3 (P), cords Ps 129:4 (figurative); cut in pieces, vessels (of gold) 2Kgs 24:13; 2Chr 28:24 bases (‎הַמְּכֹנוֺת‎) 2Kgs 16:17 (so Kit Benz, transposing ‎הַמִּסְגְּרוֺת‎), doors 2Kgs 18:16 (both, for the sake of metal sheathing). Pu`al Participle plural ‎מְקֻצָּצִים‎ Judg 1:7 hewn off (as vJudg 1:6 above).

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