Quick Definition
to cut off
Strong's Definition
to cut off; (figuratively) to destroy; (partially) to scrape off
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: cut off, cut short, scrape (off).
TWOT Reference: 2053
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קָצָה (qa.tsah) — to cut off. 1) to cut off 1a) (Qal) to cut off 1b) (Piel) to cut off 1c) (Hiphil) to scrape, scrape off
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · קָצֶה · קָצָה · קֵצֶה · קָצוּ · קְצֹות · קְצָת
Detach | verb pi
to cut off, to sever = causative action by which humans remove part of an object with a sharp tool
Detach | verb hif
to cut off, to strip, to scrape = causative action by which humans remove from an object something that covers it, using with a sharp tool
Little | verb pi
to cut off, to reduce in size = causative action by which humans remove part of an object; ► in order to reduce the size of that object
Non-Exist | verb qal
to destroy literally: to cut off; hence: = causative action by which humans remove other humans from existence through acts of aggression
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[קָצָה] vb. cut off Qal cutting off many peoples
Pi. to cut off in Israel
Hiph. scrape, scrape off
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