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Jeremiah 48:25
“The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
גָּדַעgâdaʻ · gaw-dah'
H1438 · Hebrew
H1438 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.
- Grammar
- נִגְדְּעָה֙ — verb Niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 22 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 7:5Deuteronomy 12:3Judges 21:61 Samuel 2:312 Chronicles 14:2
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 גָּדַע 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.