כָּתַת
ka.tat
to crush
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "ka.tat" (H3807) means "to crush." This physical action can imply a range of intensity, from a gentle pressing to a violent smashing. The 17 occurrences of this word in the Bible demonstrate its versatility in describing various situations, from the breaking of bread (e.g., Leviticus 7:13) to the destruction of an enemy (e.g., Psalm 104:32). The significance of "ka.tat" lies in its ability to convey a sense of sudden and often violent change. Whether it's the crushing of grain under a threshing board or the shattering of rocks by a flood, this word highlights the power and unpredictability of physical forces. By using "ka.tat," the biblical authors emphasize the impact of these forces on the world and the people within it.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
17 total occurrences across the text
He broke down the altars, and beat the Asherah poles and the engraved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, then returned to Jerusalem.
Job 4:20Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
Psalms 89:23I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.
Isaiah 2:4He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Isaiah 24:12The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
Isaiah 30:14He will break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing, so that there won’t be found among the broken pieces a piece good enough to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.”
Deuteronomy 9:21I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. I threw its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain.
Jeremiah 46:5Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and are turned backward. Their mighty ones are beaten down, have fled in haste, and don’t look back. Terror is on every side,” says Yahweh.
Joel 3:10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’
Micah 1:7All her idols will be beaten to pieces, and all her temple gifts will be burned with fire, and all her images I will destroy; for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return.”
Micah 4:3and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.
Zechariah 11:6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,” says Yahweh; “but, behold, I will deliver the men everyone into his neighbor’s hand, and into the hand of his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.”
Leviticus 22:24You must not offer to Yahweh that which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut. You must not do this in your land.
Numbers 14:45Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who lived in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down, even to Hormah.
Deuteronomy 1:44The Amorites, who lived in that hill country, came out against you and chased you as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even to Hormah.
2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because in those days the children of Israel burned incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.
2 Chronicles 15:6They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.