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The term "cutteth" is an archaic form of the verb "cut," found in various passages of the Bible, particularly in older translations. It is used to describe the act of cutting, dividing, or severing, often with significant spiritual or symbolic implications. In the Berean Standard Bible , the term may appear in contexts that emphasize the consequences of disobedience, the power of God's word, or the actions of individuals in biblical narratives.

Biblical Usage and Contexts:

1. Divine Judgment and Consequences:
The act of cutting is frequently associated with divine judgment. In the Old Testament, God often uses the imagery of cutting to describe the severing of the wicked from the righteous. For example, in Psalm 37:9 , it is written, "For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land." Here, "cut off" signifies the removal or destruction of those who oppose God's will.

2. Covenantal Language:
The term is also used in the context of covenants. In Genesis 15:18 , God makes a covenant with Abram, saying, "On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, 'To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates.'" The Hebrew term for "made" in this context is often translated as "cut," reflecting the ancient practice of cutting animals in two to ratify a covenant, symbolizing the seriousness and binding nature of the agreement.

3. Symbolism of the Word of God:
The metaphorical use of cutting is evident in descriptions of the Word of God. Hebrews 4:12 states, "For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart." Here, the cutting action of the Word signifies its penetrating power to discern and judge human hearts.

4. Moral and Ethical Implications:
In the New Testament, Jesus uses the concept of cutting in parables to illustrate moral and ethical teachings. In Matthew 5:30 , He advises, "And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell." This hyperbolic language underscores the radical measures one should take to avoid sin and maintain spiritual integrity.

5. Historical and Cultural Practices:
The act of cutting is also seen in historical and cultural practices described in the Bible. For instance, in 1 Kings 18:28 , the prophets of Baal "cut themselves with swords and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them" during their futile attempt to invoke their god. This practice highlights the contrast between pagan rituals and the worship of the true God, who requires obedience rather than self-mutilation.

Theological Significance:

The concept of "cutteth" in the Bible carries deep theological significance, often illustrating the themes of judgment, covenant, and the transformative power of God's Word. It serves as a reminder of the seriousness of sin, the faithfulness of God's promises, and the necessity of spiritual discernment and purity. Through its various uses, the term underscores the importance of aligning one's life with divine principles and the consequences of failing to do so.

Library

2 Cor. Iii. 7, 8
... As then he that taketh the sword in his hands and cutteth off the condemned, ministers
to the judge that passeth sentence, and it is not he that is his ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily vii 2 cor iii.htm

Demonstration v. --Of Wars.
... And because he thus exalted himself, Isaiah again said concerning him:"Why does
the axe boast itself against him that cutteth with it, or the saw exalt ...
/.../aphrahat/aphrahat select demonstrations/demonstration v of wars.htm

Kept from Iniquity
... have done saying; it little matters what they say; yet, to a sensitive spirit, like
that of David, the tongue is a very sharp instrument, it cutteth like a ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 41 1895/kept from iniquity.htm

The Life of Mr. David Calderwood.
... answered. "But what fault was there in it," said the king."""It cutteth
off our general assemblies," answered Mr. Calderwood. ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr david 2.htm

John xiii. 36
... He accepteth then Peter's love, but cutteth off the spirit of contradiction engendered
by it. "For if thou lovest, thou oughtest to obey Him who is beloved. ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily lxxiii john xiii 36.htm

That his Grief Ceased by Time, and the Consolation of Friends.
... 6),--"redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in halves." Augustin appears to have been
eminently open to influences of this kind. In his De Duab. Anim. con. ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter viii that his grief ceased.htm

Whether a Human Action is Meritorious or Demeritorious Before God ...
... of the Divine power which is the principal cause of his action; hence it is written
(Is.10:15): "Shall the axe boast itself against him that cutteth with it? ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether a human action is 5.htm

The Folly of Slander. Part 2.
... a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow;" that is, he is a complicated instrument
of all mischiefs; he smiteth and bruiseth like a maul, he cutteth and pierceth ...
/.../barrow/sermons on evil-speaking by isaac barrow/the folly of slander part 2.htm

The Desolations of the Lord, the Consolation of his Saints
... He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth
the spear in sunder, he burneth the chariot in the fire.""Psalm 46:8-9. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the desolations of the lord.htm

The Saint's Heritage and Watchword
... confine the prisoners, they may make their instruments of torture; but they can
not prosper; for God hath said it: He "breaketh the bow; and cutteth the spear ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 50 1904/the saints heritage and watchword.htm

Thesaurus

Cutteth (37 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Cutteth (37 Occurrences). Exodus 4:25 and Zipporah
taketh a flint, and cutteth off the foreskin of her ...
/c/cutteth.htm - 18k

Mistress (20 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 15:13 and also Maachah his mother -- he turneth her aside from being mistress,
in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine, and Asa cutteth down her ...
/m/mistress.htm - 14k

Cuts (20 Occurrences)
... Psalms 46:9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow,
and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire. ...
/c/cuts.htm - 11k

Shaveth (6 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 10:4 And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth off the half of
their beard, and cutteth off their long robes in the midst -- unto their ...
/s/shaveth.htm - 8k

Standing-pillars (9 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 23:14 And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down
the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men; (YLT). ...
/s/standing-pillars.htm - 9k

Shrines (40 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). 2 Kings 23:14 And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and
cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men; (YLT). ...
/s/shrines.htm - 19k

Burneth (67 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 15:13 and also Maachah his mother -- he turneth her aside from being mistress,
in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine, and Asa cutteth down her ...
/b/burneth.htm - 28k

Horrible (12 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 15:13 and also Maachah his mother -- he turneth her aside from being mistress,
in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine, and Asa cutteth down her ...
/h/horrible.htm - 11k

Horrid (2 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 15:13 and also Maachah his mother -- he turneth her aside from being mistress,
in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine, and Asa cutteth down her ...
/h/horrid.htm - 7k

Breaketh (49 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 14:3 and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places,
and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, (YLT). ...
/b/breaketh.htm - 21k

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Cutteth (37 Occurrences)

Exodus 4:25
and Zipporah taketh a flint, and cutteth off the foreskin of her son, and causeth 'it' to touch his feet, and saith, 'Surely a bridegroom of blood 'art' thou to me;'
(YLT)

Numbers 11:31
And a spirit hath journeyed from Jehovah, and cutteth off quails from the sea, and leaveth by the camp, as a day's journey here, and as a day's journey there, round about the camp, and about two cubits, on the face of the land.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 12:29
When Jehovah thy God cutteth off from before thee the nations whither thou goest, to take possession of them, and thou hast dispossessed them, and dwellest in their land,
(DBY)

Joshua 11:21
And Joshua cometh at that time, and cutteth off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, even from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel; with their cities hath Joshua devoted them.
(YLT)

Judges 9:48
and Abimelech goeth up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people who 'are' with him, and Abimelech taketh the great axe in his hand, and cutteth off a bough of the trees, and lifteth it up, and setteth 'it' on his shoulder, and saith unto the people who 'are' with him, 'What ye have seen I have done -- haste, do ye like it.'
(YLT)

Judges 19:29
and cometh in unto his house, and taketh the knife, and layeth hold on his concubine, and cutteth her in pieces to her bones -- into twelve pieces, and sendeth her into all the border of Israel.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 11:7
and he taketh a couple of oxen, and cutteth them in pieces, and sendeth through all the border of Israel, by the hand of the messengers, saying, 'He who is not coming out after Saul and after Samuel -- thus it is done to his oxen;' and the fear of Jehovah falleth on the people, and they come out as one man.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 17:51
and David runneth and standeth over the Philistine, and taketh his sword, and draweth it out of its sheath, and putteth him to death, and cutteth off with it his head; and the Philistines see that their hero 'is' dead, and flee.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 24:4
And the men of David say unto him, 'Lo, the day of which Jehovah said unto thee, Lo, I am giving thine enemy into thy hand, and thou hast done to him as it is good in thine eyes;' and David riseth and cutteth off the skirt of the upper robe which 'is' on Saul -- gently.
(YLT)

2 Samuel 10:4
And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth off the half of their beard, and cutteth off their long robes in the midst -- unto their buttocks, and sendeth them away;
(YLT)

1 Kings 11:25
and he is an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, (besides the evil that Hadad 'did'), and he cutteth off in Israel, and reigneth over Aram.
(YLT)

1 Kings 14:14
And Jehovah hath raised up for Him a king over Israel who cutteth off the house of Jeroboam this day -- and what? -- even now!
(YLT)

1 Kings 15:13
and also Maachah his mother -- he turneth her aside from being mistress, in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and burneth 'it' by the brook Kidron;
(YLT)

1 Kings 18:33
And he arrangeth the wood, and cutteth in pieces the bullock, and placeth 'it' on the wood, and saith, 'Fill ye four pitchers of water, and pour on the burnt-offering, and on the wood;
(YLT)

2 Kings 6:6
And the man of God saith, 'Whither hath it fallen?' and he sheweth him the place, and he cutteth a stick, and casteth thither, and causeth the iron to swim,
(YLT)

2 Kings 16:17
And king Ahaz cutteth off the borders of the bases, and turneth aside from off them the laver, and the sea he hath taken down from off the brazen oxen that 'are' under it, and putteth it on a pavement of stones.
(YLT)

2 Kings 23:14
And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men;
(YLT)

2 Kings 24:13
and bringeth out thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king, and cutteth in pieces all the vessels of gold that Solomon king of Israel made in the temple of Jehovah, as Jehovah had spoken.
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 19:4
And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth them, and cutteth their long robes in the midst, unto the buttocks, and sendeth them away.
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 14:3
and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 15:16
And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king -- he hath removed her from 'being' mistress, in that she hath made for a shrine a horrible thing, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and beateth 'it' small, and burneth 'it' by the brook Kidron:
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 28:24
And Ahaz gathereth the vessels of the house of God, and cutteth in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shutteth the doors of the house of Jehovah, and maketh to himself altars in every corner in Jerusalem.
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 32:21
and Jehovah sendeth a messenger, and cutteth off every mighty one of valour -- both leader and head -- in the camp of the king of Asshur, and he turneth back with shame of face to his land, and entereth the house of his god, and those coming out of his bowels have caused him to fall there by the sword.
(YLT)

Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the ungodly, when God cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul?
(DBY)

Job 28:10
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 46:9
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 76:12
He cutteth off the spirit of princes; he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
(DBY)

Psalms 94:23
And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!
(YLT)

Psalms 109:15
They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.
(YLT)

Psalms 141:7
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Proverbs 26:6
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 9:14
And Jehovah cutteth off from Israel head and tail, Branch and reed -- the same day,
(YLT)

Isaiah 9:20
And cutteth down on the right, and hath been hungry, And he devoureth on the left, And they have not been satisfied, Each the flesh of his own arm they devour.
(YLT)

Isaiah 38:12
My sojourning hath departed, And been removed from me as a shepherd's tent, I have drawn together, as a weaver, my life, By weakness it cutteth me off, From day unto night Thou dost end me.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 10:3
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Jeremiah 22:14
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 36:23
and it cometh to pass, when Jehudi readeth three or four leaves, he cutteth it out with the scribe's knife, and hath cast unto the fire, that 'is' on the stove, till the consumption of all the roll by the fire that 'is' on the stove.
(YLT)

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