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2 Kings 16:17
“And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H7112 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to chop off (literally or figuratively)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- cut (asunder, in pieces, in sunder, off), [idiom] utmost.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יְקַצֵּץ֩ — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 14 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 39:3Deuteronomy 25:12Judges 1:6Judges 1:72 Samuel 4:12
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קָצַץ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.