# H1438 גָּדַע

גָּדַע (gâdaʻ), Strong’s H1438: to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything KJV: cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.. Occurs 22 times.

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*gâdaʻ* — to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything

KJV: cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.

Occurs 22 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- גָּדַע vb. hew, hew down or off
- Qal hew, cut in two
- Niph. be hewn off
- Pi. hew off, down, in two
- Pu. hew down

## Where it occurs
- [Deuteronomy 7:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/7?v=5) — But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their…
- [Deuteronomy 12:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=3) — You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut…
- [Judges 21:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/21?v=6) — The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “There is one tribe cut off from Israel today.
- [1 Samuel 2:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=31) — Behold, the days come that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, that there will not be an old…
- [Isaiah 9:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/9?v=9) — “The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone. The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will put…
- [Isaiah 10:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/10?v=33) — Behold, the Lord, GOD of Hosts, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be…
- [Isaiah 14:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/14?v=12) — How you have fallen from heaven, shining one, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations…
- [Isaiah 22:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/22?v=25) — “In that day,” says the LORD of Hosts, “the nail that was fastened in a sure place will give way. It will be cut down…
- [Isaiah 45:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/45?v=2) — “I will go before you and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of bronze in pieces and cut apart the…
- [Jeremiah 48:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/48?v=25) — The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken,” says the LORD.