Lexical Summary qatsah: End, extremity, border, edge Original Word: קָצָה Strong's Exhaustive Concordance cut off, cut short, scrape off A primitive root; to cut off; (figuratively) to destroy; (partially) to scrape off -- cut off, cut short, scrape (off). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definition to cut off NASB Translation cut off (1), cuts off (1), cutting off (1), scrape off (1), scraped (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs I. [קָצָה] verb cut off (Late Hebrew id., separate, Phoenician קצה cut off, exterminate; Aramaic קְצָא,  break off (e.g. bread); Arabic  be remote,  remote extremity); — Qal Infinitive קְצוֺת עַמִּים Habakkuk 2:10 cutting off many peoples; Vrss קַצּוֺת (√ קצץ); Gr Now conjecture הֲצִיקוֺתָ. Pi`el Infinitive construct לִקַצּוֺת בְּ 2 Kings 10:32 to cut off in Israel; read probably לִקְצוֺף to be angry with, ᵑ7 Hi CheCrit. n. Isaiah 14:6 (in Commentaries) KmpKau Kit Benz, ᵑ9; Gr לָקוּץ; Participle מְקַצֶּח רַגְלַיִם Proverbs 26:6 (figurative). Hiph`il Perfect3plural הִקְצוּ Leviticus 14:41, accusative dust; Infinitive construct הִקְצוֺת Leviticus 14:43, accusative house, in both apparently = קָצַע scrape, scrape off (q. v., Leviticus 14:41 a), and so probably read, namely הִקְצְעוּ, הַקְצִיעַ, RSJPhil. xvi (1888), 72 Dr-Wh Di-Ry Baen. Topical Lexicon Covenantal Purity and Domestic Holiness (Leviticus 14:41, 43) The first two occurrences concern ritual cleansing of a house struck by mold. Scraping the walls (“he is to have the house scraped all around” – Leviticus 14:41) dramatizes the necessity of excising corruption from covenant life. The same verb that later speaks of national judgment or personal self-harm is here applied to the meticulous removal of decay so that the dwelling may again host the presence of God. Ministry implication: sin is not managed but removed; pastoral care must press believers to decisive repentance rather than cosmetic patching. National Contraction under Divine Judgment (2 Kings 10:32) “In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel”. The verb pictures territory being literally “cut off.” Jehu had eradicated Baal worship but remained half-hearted, and the nation’s borders are pared back accordingly. The word thus ties geographic loss to spiritual compromise, confirming that covenant unfaithfulness eventually shrinks influence and security. Modern application: erosion of gospel witness in a church or culture traces back to tolerated idolatry. Personal Folly and Self-Mutilation (Proverbs 26:6) “Cutting off one’s own feet and drinking violence is he who sends a message by the hand of a fool”. In wisdom literature the verb illustrates self-inflicted disability. Trusting a fool with one’s business is as crippling as amputating one’s legs—an image that heightens responsibility for discerning partnerships. The proverb turns the Levitical picture inward: what mildew does to a house, folly does to the life‐mission of the believer. Imperial Violence that Recoils (Habakkuk 2:10) “You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeited your life”. Babylon’s ruthless expansion is described with the same verb; the conqueror carves up nations but will find his own house fatally wounded. Scripture thus unifies household mildew, national shrinkage, personal folly, and imperial aggression under a single moral dynamic: what is cut off in rebellion will, by divine justice, rebound upon the perpetrator. Theological Thread 1. Sin is contagious; removal must be thorough (Leviticus). Pastoral and Missional Insights • Church discipline and moral restoration are acts of protective excision, not mere administrative measures. Forms and Transliterations הִקְצ֔וּ הִקְצ֥וֹת הקצו הקצות לְקַצּ֖וֹת לקצות מְקַצֶּ֣ה מקצה קְצוֹת־ קצות־ hikTzot hikTzu hiq·ṣō·wṯ hiq·ṣū hiqṣōwṯ hiqṣū ketzot lə·qaṣ·ṣō·wṯ lekatzTzot ləqaṣṣōwṯ mə·qaṣ·ṣeh mekatzTzeh məqaṣṣeh qə·ṣō·wṯ- qəṣōwṯ-Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Leviticus 14:41 HEB: הֶֽעָפָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִקְצ֔וּ אֶל־ מִח֣וּץ NAS: the plaster that they scrape off at an unclean KJV: out the dust that they scrape off without INT: the plaster they scrape off without Leviticus 14:43 2 Kings 10:32 Proverbs 26:6 Habakkuk 2:10 5 Occurrences |
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