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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.

Definition sources

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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 9:11

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Zephaniah 1:3
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zephaniah 1:3 · retained source text

I will consume man and beast: I will consume the foules of the heauen and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked, and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.

1611 marginal noteOr, Idoles.

Zephaniah 1:4
I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zephaniah 1:4 · retained source text

I will also stretch out mine hand vpon Iudah, and vpon all the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests:

Zephaniah 1:11
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zephaniah 1:11 · retained source text

Howle yee inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut downe: all they that beare siluer are cut off.

Zephaniah 3:6
I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:6 · retained source text

I haue cut off the nations: their towres are desolate, I made their streetes waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroied, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

1611 marginal noteOr, corners.

Zephaniah 3:7
I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:7 · retained source text

I said, Surely thou wilt feare mee: thou wilt receiue instruction: so their dwelling should not bee cut off, howsoeuer I punished them: but they rose early, & corrupted all their doings.

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Historical definitions

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

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