Gada גָּדַע

Gada (Hebrew גָּדַע, Strong's H1438) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to cut down/off”. It occurs 22 times in 22 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Gada, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 7:5
  But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
• Deuteronomy 12:3
  And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.

Judges

• Judges 21:6
  And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 2:31
  Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no older man will be left in your house.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 14:3
  For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.
• 2 Chronicles 31:1
  Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.
• 2 Chronicles 34:4
  And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
• 2 Chronicles 34:7
  And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.He tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

Psalms

• Psalm 75:10
  All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”
• Psalm 107:16
  For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 9:10
  The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”
• Isaiah 10:33
  Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.
• Isaiah 14:12
  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
• Isaiah 22:25
  In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it.In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
• Isaiah 45:2
  I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 48:25
  The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 50:23
  How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

Lamentations

• Lamentations 2:3
  He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 6:6
  In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out.

Amos

• Amos 3:14
  That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth–el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 11:10
  And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
• Zechariah 11:14
  Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).