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cut

Meaning of “cut”

Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
320 occurrences308 verses40 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 9:11

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Jeremiah 7:28
But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the Lord their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:28 · retained source text

But thou shalt say vnto them; This is a nation, that obeyeth not the voyce of the LORD their God, nor receiueth correction: trueth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

1611 marginal noteOr, instruction.

Jeremiah 7:29
cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:29 · retained source text

¶ Cut off thine haire, O Ierusalem, and cast it away, and take vp a lamentation on high places, for the LORD hath reiected, and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

Jeremiah 9:21
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 9:21 · retained source text

For death is come vp into our windowes, and is entred into our palaces, to cut off the children from without and the yong men from the streetes.

Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 11:19 · retained source text

But I was like a lambe or an oxe that is brought to the slaughter, and I knew not that they had deuised deuices against me, saying; Let vs destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let vs cut him off from the land of the liuing, that his name may be no more remembred.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the stalke with his bread.

Jeremiah 16:6
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 16:6 · retained source text

Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselues, nor make themselues balde for them.

Jeremiah 22:7
And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 22:7 · retained source text

And I will prepare destroyers against thee, euery one with his weapons, and they shall cut downe thy choise cedars, and cast them into the fire.

Jeremiah 34:18
And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 34:18 · retained source text

And I wil giue the men that haue transgressed my couenant, which haue not performed the wordes of the couenant which they had made before mee, when they cut the calfe in twaine, and passed betweene the parts thereof,

Jeremiah 36:23
And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 36:23 · retained source text

And it came to passe that when Iehudi had read three or foure leaues, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, vntill all the roule was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

Jeremiah 41:5
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the Lord.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 41:5 · retained source text

That there came certaine from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, euen fourescore men, hauing their beards shauen, and their clothes rent, and hauing cut themselues, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.

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To pass into or through and sever; to enter and divide parts; to be severed by cutting.

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