King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H1438
Transliteration: gada
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-dah')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hew, hew down or off
Meaning: to fell a, tree, to destroy anything
Word Summary
gada: to hew, hew down or off
Original Word: גָּדַעTransliteration: gada
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-dah')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hew, hew down or off
Meaning: to fell a, tree, to destroy anything
Strong's Concordance
cut asunder, in sunder, down, off, hew down A primitive root; to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything -- cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1438. gada
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 Lamentations 2:3; וְגָדַעְתִּ֫י 1 Samuel 2:31; Imperfect וָאָגְדַּע Zechariah 11:10, 14; Participle passive גְּדוּעָה Isaiah 15:2 (so many editions but) Baer גְּרוּעָה; compare below, גְּדֻעִים 10:33; — hew, cut in two, a staff Zechariah 11:10, 14; metaphor hew off, an arm 1 Samuel 2:31; horns Lamentations 2:3; hew down, trees Isaiah 10:33; if in 15:2 then = shave off (object זקן, beard), but no other indication of this meaning, and true גְּרוּעָה ᵑ0, compare Baer's note & Jeremiah 48:37; see גרע.
Niph`al Perfect נִגְדַּע Judges 21:6 נֶגְדַּע Jeremiah 50:23; 3feminine singular נִגְדְּעָה 48:25; וְנִגְדְּעָה consecutive Isaiah 22:25; 2masculine singular נִגְדַּעְתָּ 14:12; 3plural וְנִגְדְּעוּ consecutive Ezekiel 6:6; Amos 3:14; — be hewn off, of altar-horns 3:14, of idols Ezekiel 6:6 ("" נשׁבר); of severance of a tribe from nation Judges 21:6; figurative of king of Babylon Isaiah 14:12; of Babylon as hammer Jeremiah 50:23 ("" נשׁבר); of a minister, under figure of secure peg or pin Isaiah 22:25; of horn of Moab Jeremiah 48:25 ("" נשׁבר).
Pi`el Perfect גִּדַּע2 Chronicles 34:7, גִּדֵּ֑עַ34:4; Psalm 107:16, וַיְגַדַּע2 Chronicles 14:2, אֲגַדֵּ֑עַ Psalm 7:5; Isaiah 45:2, וַיְגַדְּעוּ2 Chronicles 31:1; 3 masculine plural תְּגַדֵּע֑וּן Deuteronomy 7:5; 12:3; — hew off, down, in two (compare Qal) of Asherîm 7:5; 2 Chronicles 14:2; 31:1, of idols Deuteronomy 12:3 (מְּסִילִים) 2 Chronicles 34:4, 7 (חַמָּנִים); figurative horns of wicked Psalm 75:11; bars of iron (i.e. of Babylon's gates) Isaiah 45:2, compare Psalm 107:16.
Pu`al Perfect גֻּדָּ֑עוּ Isaiah 9:9 hew down (of trees).