כָּתַת

Strong’s Definition

to bruise or violently strike

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

beat (down, to pieces), break in pieces, crushed, destroy, discomfit, smite, stamp. l

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to beat, crush by beating, crush to pieces, crush fine
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(piel)
• 4.(pual) to be beaten
• 5.(hiphil) to beat in pieces, shatter
• 6.(hophal) to be beaten, be crushed

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: kâthath; Pronunciation: kaw-thath'