גָּדַע (gādaʿ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning hew. It appears
22 times
in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1438).
Also rendered
to cut down/off
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 316)
Range of meaning (TWOT 316)hew, hew down, off; cut in two; be hewn off; hew off, down, in two; fell, destroy; cut
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
גָּדַעverb: hew, hew down, off
Qalhew, cut in two
Niphalbe hewn off
Pielhew off, down, in two
Pualhew down
Strong's H1438גָּדַע: to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything KJV:cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.