Quick Definition
to decide
Strong's Definition
properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound; figuratively, to be alert, to decide
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: bestir self, decide, decree, determine, maim, move.
TWOT Reference: 752
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to cut, sharpen, decide, decree, determine, maim, move, be decisive, be mutilated
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to cut, mutilate
1a2) to sharpen
1a3) to decide
1b) (Niphal) to be decisive
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to cut, sharpen, decide, decree, determine, maim, move, be decisive, be mutilated
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to cut, mutilate
1a2) to sharpen
1a3) to decide
1b) (Niphal) to be decisive
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָרַץ
chârats
BDB Definition:
1) to cut, sharpen, decide, decree, determine, maim, move, be decisive, be mutilated
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cut, mutilate
1a2) to sharpen
1a3) to decide
1b) (Niphal) to be decisive
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 752
Total KJV Occurrences: 12