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# גָּדַע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1438

**hew** — used 22 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

hew [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1438/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גָּדַע: vb. hew, hew down off [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1438/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hew, hew down or off (NH id. (rare), Aramaic גְּדַע Ithp.; Arabic جَدَعَ cut off hand or other member, mutilate)— Pf. גָּדַע La 2:3; וְגָדַעְתִּ֫י 1 S 2:31; Impf. וָאֶגְדַּע Zc 11:10, 14; Pt. pass. גְּדוּעָה Is 15:2 (so many edd. but) Baer גְּרוּעָה; cf. infr., גְּדֻעִים Is 10:33;—hew, cut in two, a staff Zc 11:10, 14; metaph. hew off, an arm 1 S 2:31; horns La 2:3; hew down, trees Is 10:33; if in Is 15:2 then = shave off (object זקן, beard), but no other indication of this meaning, and true MT גְּרוּעָה, cf. Baer’s note & Je 48:37; v. גרע. Pf. נִגְדַּע Ju 21:6, נֶגְדַּע Je 50:23; 3 fs. נִגְדְּעָה Je 48:25, וְנִגְדְּעָה consec. Is 22:25; 2 ms. נִגְדַּעְתָּ Is 14:12; 3 pl. וְנִגְדְּעוּ consec. Ez 6:6 Am 3:14;—be hewn off, of altarhorns Am 3:14, of idols Ez 6:6 (‖ נשׁבר); of severance of a tribe from nation Ju 21:6; fig. of king of Babylon Is 14:12; of Babylon as hammer Je 50:23 (‖ נשׁבר); of a minister, under fig. of secure per or pin Is 22:25; of horn of Moab Je 48:25 (‖ נשׁבר). Pf. גִּדַּע 2 Ch 34:7, גִּדֵּ֑עַ 2 Ch 34:4 ψ 107:16, וַיְגַדַּע 2 Ch 14:2, אֲגַדֵּ֑ע ψ 75:11 Is 45:2, וַיְגַדְּעוּ 2 Ch 31:1; 3 mpl. תְּגַדֵּע֑וּן Dt 7:5; 12:3;—hew off, down, in two (cf. Qal) of Asherîm Dt 7:5 2 Ch 14:2; 31:1, of idols Dt 12:3 (פְּסִילִים) 2 Ch 34:4, 7 (חַמָּנִים); fig. horns of wicked ψ 75:11; bars of iron (i.e. of Babylon’s gates) Is 45:2, cf. ψ 107:16. Pf. גֻּדָּ֑עוּ Is 9:9 be hewn down (of trees).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he cut down (3); I cut up (2); I will cut off (2).

## In the verses

[Psalms 75:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.75.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.75.11/#tree)

וְכָל־קַרְנֵ֣י רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֲגַדֵּ֑עַ תְּ֝רוֹמַ֗מְנָה קַֽרְנ֥וֹת צַדִּֽיק׃

*Word for word:* and all \[the\].horns of.wicked.\[people\] I.will.cut.off they.will.be.lifted.up \[the\].horns of.\[the\].righteous

*JPS 1917:* All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

[Psalms 107:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.16/#tree)

כִּֽי־שִׁ֭בַּר דַּלְת֣וֹת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וּבְרִיחֵ֖י בַרְזֶ֣ל גִּדֵּֽעַ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he.breaks.down gates of.bronze and bars of.iron he.cuts.down

*JPS 1917:* For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1438.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1438/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).