Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything
KJV Usage: cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
גָּדַע (ga.da) — to cut down/off. 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · גִּדְעֹון
Detach | verb nif
to break off = process by which part of an object, without apparent human intervention, detaches itself from a larger unit, so that it falls to the ground
Detach | verb qal, verb pi, verb nif, verb pu'al
to cut off, to cut down = causative action by which part of an object is violently removed from a larger unit, with the help of a sharp object, so that it falls to the ground
DEU 7:5 · DEU 12:3 · JDG 21:6 · 1SA 2:31 · 2CH 14:2 · 2CH 31:1 · 2CH 34:4 · 2CH 34:7 · PSA 75:11 · ISA 9:9 · ISA 10:33 · ISA 14:12 · JER 48:25 · LAM 2:3 · EZK 6:6 · AMO 3:14
Impact | verb qal, verb pi, verb nif
to break in two = causative action by which a human being breaks an object into two pieces in a violent way, so that it will no longer be functional
PSA 107:16 · ISA 45:2 · JER 50:23 · ZEC 11:10 · ZEC 11:14
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
גָּדַע vb. hew, hew down or off Qal hew, cut in two
Niph. be hewn off
Pi. hew off, down, in two
Pu. hew down
base