Gâdaʻ — H1438

H1438 · Hebrew — גדע

Pronunciation: gaw-dah'

Definition

verb

to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything

  1. to cut, hew, chop, cut down, hew down, hew off, cut off, cut in two, shave off
    1. (Qal) to hew, chop in two
    2. (Niphal) to be chopped off, be hewn off
    3. (Piel) to cut off or down in two, hew off or down in two
    4. (Pual) to chop down, hew down

Usually translated as

cut, hew down

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Gâdaʻ occurs 22 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (2), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Chronicles (4), Psalms (2), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (1), Amos (1), Zechariah (2)

Strong's Lexicon — G