Hebrew word study

כָּרַתkârath — to cut (off, down or asunder)

Pronounced “kaw-rath'”

to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)

Translated in the King James as: be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), lose, perish, utterly, want.

Appears 287 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 8×

Genesis 9:11 Genesis 15:18 Genesis 17:14 Genesis 21:27 Genesis 21:32 Genesis 26:28 Genesis 31:44 Genesis 41:36

Exodus — 14×

Exodus 4:25 Exodus 8:9 Exodus 12:15 Exodus 12:19 Exodus 23:32 Exodus 24:8 Exodus 30:33 Exodus 30:38 Exodus 31:14 Exodus 34:10 Exodus 34:12 Exodus 34:13 Exodus 34:15 Exodus 34:27

Leviticus — 20×

Leviticus 7:20 Leviticus 7:21 Leviticus 7:25 Leviticus 7:27 Leviticus 17:4 Leviticus 17:9 Leviticus 17:10 Leviticus 17:14 Leviticus 18:29 Leviticus 19:8 Leviticus 20:3 Leviticus 20:5 Leviticus 20:6 Leviticus 20:17 Leviticus 20:18 Leviticus 22:3 Leviticus 22:24 Leviticus 23:29 Leviticus 26:22 Leviticus 26:30

Numbers — 10×

Numbers 4:18 Numbers 9:13 Numbers 11:33 Numbers 13:23 Numbers 13:24 Numbers 15:30 Numbers 15:31 Numbers 19:13 Numbers 19:20+ 1 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 17×

Deuteronomy 4:23 Deuteronomy 5:2 Deuteronomy 5:3 Deuteronomy 7:2 Deuteronomy 9:9 Deuteronomy 12:29 Deuteronomy 19:1 Deuteronomy 19:5 Deuteronomy 20:19 Deuteronomy 20:20 Deuteronomy 23:1 Deuteronomy 29:1 Deuteronomy 29:12 Deuteronomy 29:14 Deuteronomy 29:25 Deuteronomy 31:16+ 1 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 13×

Joshua 3:13 Joshua 3:16 Joshua 4:7 Joshua 7:9 Joshua 9:6 Joshua 9:7 Joshua 9:11 Joshua 9:16 Joshua 9:23 Joshua 11:21 Joshua 23:4 Joshua 24:25+ 1 more in Joshua

Judges — 8×

Judges 2:2 Judges 4:24 Judges 6:25 Judges 6:26 Judges 6:28 Judges 6:30 Judges 9:48 Judges 9:49

Ruth — 1×

Ruth 4:10

1 Samuel — 17×

1 Sam 2:33 1 Sam 5:4 1 Sam 11:1 1 Sam 11:2 1 Sam 17:51 1 Sam 18:3 1 Sam 20:15 1 Sam 20:16 1 Sam 22:8 1 Sam 23:18 1 Sam 24:4 1 Sam 24:5 1 Sam 24:11 1 Sam 24:21 1 Sam 28:9 1 Sam 31:9+ 1 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 8×

2 Sam 3:12 2 Sam 3:13 2 Sam 3:21 2 Sam 3:29 2 Sam 5:3 2 Sam 7:9 2 Sam 10:4 2 Sam 20:22

1 Kings — 17×

1 Ki 2:4 1 Ki 5:6 1 Ki 5:12 1 Ki 8:9 1 Ki 8:21 1 Ki 8:25 1 Ki 9:5 1 Ki 9:7 1 Ki 11:16 1 Ki 14:10 1 Ki 14:14 1 Ki 15:13 1 Ki 18:4 1 Ki 18:5 1 Ki 20:34 1 Ki 21:21+ 1 more in 1 Kings

2 Kings — 10×

2 Ki 9:8 2 Ki 11:4 2 Ki 11:17 2 Ki 17:15 2 Ki 17:35 2 Ki 17:38 2 Ki 18:4 2 Ki 19:23 2 Ki 23:3 2 Ki 23:14

1 Chronicles — 4×

1 Chr 11:3 1 Chr 16:16 1 Chr 17:8 1 Chr 19:4

2 Chronicles — 15×

2 Chr 2:8 2 Chr 2:10 2 Chr 2:16 2 Chr 5:10 2 Chr 6:11 2 Chr 6:16 2 Chr 7:18 2 Chr 15:16 2 Chr 21:7 2 Chr 22:7 2 Chr 23:3 2 Chr 23:16 2 Chr 29:10 2 Chr 34:31+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 1×

Ezra 10:3

Nehemiah — 2×

Nehemiah 9:8 Nehemiah 9:38

Job — 3×

Job 14:7 Job 31:1 Job 41:4

Psalms — 14×

Psalms 12:3 Psalms 34:16 Psalms 37:9 Psalms 37:22 Psalms 37:28 Psalms 37:34 Psalms 37:38 Psalms 50:5 Psalms 83:5 Psalms 89:3 Psalms 101:8 Psalms 105:9 Psalms 109:13 Psalms 109:15

Proverbs — 4×

Proverbs 2:22 Proverbs 10:31 Proverbs 23:18 Proverbs 24:14

Isaiah — 18×

Isaiah 9:14 Isaiah 10:7 Isaiah 11:13 Isaiah 14:8 Isaiah 14:22 Isaiah 18:5 Isaiah 22:25 Isaiah 28:15 Isaiah 29:20 Isaiah 37:24 Isaiah 44:14 Isaiah 48:9 Isaiah 48:19 Isaiah 55:3 Isaiah 55:13 Isaiah 56:5 Isaiah 57:8 Isaiah 61:8

Jeremiah — 27×

Jeremiah 6:6 Jeremiah 7:28 Jeremiah 9:21 Jeremiah 10:3 Jeremiah 11:10 Jeremiah 11:19 Jeremiah 22:7 Jeremiah 31:31 Jeremiah 31:32 Jeremiah 31:33 Jeremiah 32:40 Jeremiah 33:17 Jeremiah 33:18 Jeremiah 34:8 Jeremiah 34:13 Jeremiah 34:15 Jeremiah 34:18 Jeremiah 35:19 Jeremiah 44:7 Jeremiah 44:8 Jeremiah 44:11 Jeremiah 46:23 Jeremiah 47:4 Jeremiah 48:2 Jeremiah 50:16+ 2 more in Jeremiah

Ezekiel — 19×

Ezekiel 14:8 Ezekiel 14:13 Ezekiel 14:17 Ezekiel 14:19 Ezekiel 14:21 Ezekiel 16:4 Ezekiel 17:13 Ezekiel 17:17 Ezekiel 21:3 Ezekiel 21:4 Ezekiel 25:7 Ezekiel 25:13 Ezekiel 25:16 Ezekiel 29:8 Ezekiel 30:15 Ezekiel 31:12 Ezekiel 34:25 Ezekiel 35:7 Ezekiel 37:26

Daniel — 1×

Daniel 9:26

Hosea — 4×

Hosea 2:18 Hosea 8:4 Hosea 10:4 Hosea 12:1

Joel — 3×

Joel 1:5 Joel 1:9 Joel 1:16

Amos — 3×

Amos 1:5 Amos 1:8 Amos 2:3

Obadiah — 3×

Obadiah 1:9 Obadiah 1:10 Obadiah 1:14

Micah — 5×

Micah 5:9 Micah 5:10 Micah 5:11 Micah 5:12 Micah 5:13

Nahum — 4×

Nahum 1:14 Nahum 1:15 Nahum 2:13 Nahum 3:15

Zephaniah — 5×

Zeph 1:3 Zeph 1:4 Zeph 1:11 Zeph 3:6 Zeph 3:7

Haggai — 1×

Haggai 2:5

Zechariah — 7×

Zech 9:6 Zech 9:10 Zech 11:10 Zech 13:2 Zech 13:8 Zech 14:2+ 1 more in Zechariah

Malachi — 1×

Malachi 2:12

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