In biblical contexts, the term "cutter" can refer to individuals or tools involved in the act of cutting, shaping, or dividing materials. The concept of cutting is often associated with craftsmanship, construction, and sometimes ritualistic practices. The Bible provides various instances where cutting plays a significant role, both literally and symbolically.

Craftsmanship and Construction

The role of a cutter is prominently seen in the context of craftsmanship and construction. In the building of the Tabernacle and later the Temple, skilled workers were employed to cut and shape materials. For instance, in the construction of Solomon's Temple, stonecutters were essential. 1 Kings 5:15-17 states, "Solomon had seventy thousand porters and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains, besides thirty-three hundred supervisors who oversaw the project and directed the workers." These stonecutters were responsible for preparing the stones used in the Temple, highlighting the importance of their craft in sacred architecture.

Ritualistic and Symbolic Cutting

Cutting also appears in the context of ritualistic practices. In the Old Testament, the act of cutting is sometimes associated with covenant-making. For example, in Genesis 15, God makes a covenant with Abram, instructing him to cut animals in half as part of the covenant ceremony. Genesis 15:9-10 records, "The LORD said to him, 'Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.' So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other."

Additionally, the act of cutting oneself is mentioned in the context of pagan rituals, which were forbidden for the Israelites. In 1 Kings 18:28 , during the contest between Elijah and the prophets of Baal, it is noted, "So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until their blood gushed out." This practice was condemned in Levitical law, as seen in Leviticus 19:28 : "You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD."

Symbolic and Metaphorical Uses

The concept of cutting is also used metaphorically in Scripture. The "cutting off" of individuals or groups often symbolizes judgment or separation from the community of God's people. For example, in Exodus 12:15 , regarding the Feast of Unleavened Bread, it is stated, "For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day, you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh day must be cut off from Israel."

In the New Testament, the metaphor of cutting is used by Jesus in teachings about spiritual discipline and the seriousness of sin. In Matthew 5:30 , Jesus 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 depart into hell."

Conclusion

The term "cutter" and the act of cutting in the Bible encompass a range of meanings, from the practical and artistic to the ritualistic and symbolic. Whether in the context of skilled labor, covenant rituals, or metaphorical teachings, cutting serves as a significant motif throughout Scripture, reflecting both the physical and spiritual dimensions of biblical narratives.1. (n.) One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.

2. (n.) That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter.

3. (n.) A fore tooth; an incisor.

4. (n.) A boat used by ships of war.

5. (n.) A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower end deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted with lead.

6. (n.) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called revenue cutter.

7. (n.) A small, light one-horse sleigh.

8. (n.) An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.

9. (n.) A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.

10. (n.) A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so called from the facility with which it can be cut.

695. argurokopos -- a beater of silver, ie a silversmith
... Masculine Transliteration: argurokopos Phonetic Spelling: (ar-goo-rok-op'-os) Short
Definition: a silversmith Definition: (lit: silver-cutter), a silversmith. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/695.htm - 6k3772. karath -- to cut off, cut down
... it down (1), cut it off (1), cut them down (1), cut you down (1), cut you off (2),
cut down (23), cut off (129), cuts (1), cuts off (4), cutter (1), destroy (1 ...
/hebrew/3772.htm - 6k

Cutter
... Cutter. Cutter, William, an editor and publisher, was born in North Yarmouth,
Me., May 15, 1801. He was educated at Bowdoin College ...
//christianbookshelf.org/nutter/hymn writers of the church/cutter.htm

Celsus, Moreover, Thinks that we have Invented this "Tree of Life" ...
... of life' were an invention, because he"Jesus"(is reported) to have been a carpenter,
it would follow that if he had been a leather-cutter, something would ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxxvii celsus moreover thinks.htm

After Finishing the Foregoing, and those Analogous Matters which ...
... by craft; so that if he had chanced to have been cast from a precipice, or thrust
into a pit, or suffocated by hanging, or had been a leather-cutter, or stone ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxxiv after finishing the.htm

Lydia, the First European Convert
... When I was in Amsterdam, I visited the works of a diamond-cutter, where I saw many
large wheels and much powerful machinery at work; and I must confess that it ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/lydia the first european convert.htm

Jewish views on Trade, Tradesmen, and Trades' Guilds
... with names, it is worth mentioning, perhaps as an extreme instance, that on one
occasion a man was actually summoned from his trade of stone-cutter to the high ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 11 jewish views on.htm

Papal Tombs.
... his death and tomb."The vicissitudes of the Lateran basilica."The Vassalletti."Study
of the antique by mediaeval artists."The stone-cutter's shop on ...
/.../lanciani/pagan and christian rome/chapter v papal tombs.htm

The Story of an Opium Smoker
... prosperity of the grower, and but a few days later Southern Springs stood amidst
bare brown fields of dry poppy heads, scarred by the cutter's knife, exuding ...
/.../cable/the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter x the story of.htm

Boastings and Quarrels of the Philosophers.
... they say that they want nothing, yet, like Proteus, [489] they need a currier for
their wallet, and a weaver for their mantle, and a wood-cutter for their staff ...
/.../tatian/tatians address to the greeks/chapter xxv boastings and quarrels of.htm

That God May be Glorified
... his wages. The trained stone-cutter has a higher object: be thinks of
the beauty and perfection of the work he does. The master ...
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Of the Church
... Cross, Ada Cambridge, [198]CrossAC-p0.1. Cummins, James John, [199]CumminsJ-p0.1.
Cutter, William, [200]CutterW-p0.1. Davies, Samuel, [201]DaviesS-p0.1. ...
/.../nutter/hymn writers of the church/hymn writers of the church.htm

Cutter (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a
die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments. 2. (n.) That ...
/c/cutter.htm - 8k

Wood-cutter (2 Occurrences)
Wood-cutter. Wood, Wood-cutter. Woodcutters . Multi-Version
Concordance Wood-cutter (2 Occurrences). Deuteronomy 29:11 ...
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Grain-cutter (1 Occurrence)
Grain-cutter. Grain-crushing, Grain-cutter. Grain-cutters .
Multi-Version Concordance Grain-cutter (1 Occurrence). Jeremiah ...
/g/grain-cutter.htm - 6k

Mill (9 Occurrences)
... is obtained. 9. (n.) A passage underground through which ore is shot. 10.
(n.) A milling cutter. 11. (n.) A pugilistic. 12. (n.) To ...
/m/mill.htm - 18k

Cutters (14 Occurrences)

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Cuts (20 Occurrences)

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Grain-cutters (2 Occurrences)
Grain-cutters. Grain-cutter, Grain-cutters. Grain-cutting . Multi-Version
Concordance ... (BBE). Grain-cutter, Grain-cutters. Grain-cutting . Reference Bible
/g/grain-cutters.htm - 7k

Grain-crushing (3 Occurrences)
Grain-crushing. Grain-crushers, Grain-crushing. Grain-cutter . Multi-Version
Concordance ... (BBE). Grain-crushers, Grain-crushing. Grain-cutter . ...
/g/grain-crushing.htm - 7k

Gideon (45 Occurrences)
... gid'-e-un (gidh`on, "cutter down," "feller" or "hewer"): 1. His Family and Home:
Also named Jerubbaal (Judges 6:32) and Jerubbesheth (2 Samuel 11:21), youngest ...
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Woodsman (1 Occurrence)
... Isaiah 14:8 Even the trees of the wood are glad over you, the trees of Lebanon,
saying, From the time of your fall no wood-cutter has come up against us with ...
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