What does כָּתַת (kātat) mean in the Bible?
כָּתַת (kātat): Violent crushing or beating that reduces something to pieces, often with destructive finality
Hebrew · H3807
כָּתַת
To bruise or violently strike
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כָּתַת H3807
Pronunciation kātat
What does כָּתַת (kātat) mean in the Bible?
כָּתַת (kātat): Violent crushing or beating that reduces something to pieces, often with destructive finality
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3807?
The BSB source-word alignment has 17 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include crushed (2), and routed them (1), are defeated (1), Beat (1), He also demolished (1).
Where does כָּתַת (kātat) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Leviticus 22:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (3), 2 Chronicles (2), Deuteronomy (2), Micah (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It crushed 2× Leviticus 22:24, 2 Chronicles 34:7
and routed them 1× Numbers 14:45
are defeated 1× Jeremiah 46:5
Beat 1× Joel 3:10
He also demolished 1× 2 Kings 18:4
I will crush 1× Psalms 89:23
is reduced 1× Isaiah 24:12
shattered 1× Isaiah 30:14
Then I crushed it 1× Deuteronomy 9:21
Then they will beat 1× Micah 4:3
They are smashed to pieces 1× Job 4:20
They routed 1× Deuteronomy 1:44
They will beat 1× Isaiah 2:4
was crushed 1× 2 Chronicles 15:6
who will devastate 1× Zechariah 11:6
will be smashed to pieces 1× Micah 1:7
Show sample aligned rows
Leviticus 22:24 וְכָתוּת֙ to crushed Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Numbers 14:45 וַֽיַּכְּת֖וּם to and routed them Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural Deuteronomy 1:44 וַֽיַּכְּת֥וּ to They routed Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Deuteronomy 9:21 וָאֶכֹּ֨ת to Then I crushed it Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular 2 Kings 18:4 וְכִתַּת֩ to He also demolished Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular 2 Chronicles 15:6 וְכֻתְּת֥וּ to was crushed Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural 2 Chronicles 34:7 כִּתַּ֣ת to crushed Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Job 4:20 יֻכַּ֑תּוּ to They are smashed to pieces Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Psalms 89:23 וְכַתּוֹתִ֣י to I will crush Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Isaiah 2:4 וְכִתְּת֨וּ to They will beat Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Leviticus 22:24
Aligned rows 17
Books represented 12
Leviticus 1 Numbers 1 Deuteronomy 2 2 Kings 1 2 Chronicles 2 Job 1 Psalms 1 Isaiah 3 Jeremiah 1 Joel 1 Micah 2 Zechariah 1
Source forms
וְכִתְּת֨וּ 2x wə·ḵit·tə·ṯū Isaiah 2:4, Micah 4:3
וָאֶכֹּ֨ת 1x wā·’ek·kōṯ Deuteronomy 9:21
וַֽיַּכְּת֥וּ 1x way·yak·kə·ṯū Deuteronomy 1:44
וַֽיַּכְּת֖וּם 1x way·yak·kə·ṯūm Numbers 14:45
וְכָתוּת֙ 1x wə·ḵā·ṯūṯ Leviticus 22:24
וְכַתּוֹתִ֣י 1x wə·ḵat·tō·w·ṯî Psalms 89:23
וְכִתַּת֩ 1x wə·ḵit·taṯ 2 Kings 18:4
וְכִתְּתוּ֙ 1x wə·ḵit·tə·ṯū Zechariah 11:6
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural 4x 2 Chronicles 15:6, Isaiah 2:4, Micah 4:3, Zechariah 11:6
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural 3x Job 4:20, Jeremiah 46:5, Micah 1:7
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural 1x Deuteronomy 1:44
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural 1x Numbers 14:45
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular 1x 2 Kings 18:4
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular 1x Psalms 89:23
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular 1x Deuteronomy 9:21
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular 1x Leviticus 22:24
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Violent crushing or beating that reduces something to pieces, often with destructive finality
Strong's H3807
Lexical occurrences 17 verses Word forms 3 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Leviticus 11:29-38 Source Gloss
to bruise or violently strike
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Violent crushing or beating that reduces something to pieces, often with destructive finality
to bruise or violently strike BDB: beat Usage: beat (down, to pieces), break in pieces, crushed, destroy, discomfit, smite, stamp. l
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 7
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 4×
Imperfect Jer 46:5 · Job 4:20 · Mic 1:7 · Isa 24:12 4×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 1×
Perfect 2Chr 34:7 1×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 2×
Participle passive Isa 30:14 1×
Sequential imperfect Joel 4:10 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Pottery vessels broken or destroyed by contact with unclean carcasses
Animal struck or beaten down during sacrificial ritual preparation
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 17 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
כָּתַת is a primitive root - no further derivation.
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain