- Original: קצב - Transliteration: Qatsab - Phonetic: kaw-tsab' - Definition: 1. (Qal) to cut off, shear - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2052 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to clip or (generally) chop: - cut down shorn. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • down, 1 2 Kings 6:6 • shorn, 1 Song of Songs 4:2