Category:Cutting

Cut"ting (kt"tng), n.

1. The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc.

2. Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or

cutting Cut"ting, a.

1. Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.

2. Chilling; penetratinn; sharp; as, a cutting wind.

3. Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply.

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Cutting - The flesh in various ways was an idolatrous practice - a part of idol worship (Deuteronomy 14:1; 1 Kings 18:28). The Israelites were commanded not to imitate this practice (Leviticus 19:28; Leviticus 21:5; Deuteronomy 14:1). The tearing of the flesh from grief and anguish of spirit in mourning for the dead was regarded as a mark of affection (Jeremiah 16:6; Jeremiah 41:5; Jeremiah 48:37). Allusions are made in Revelation (Revelation 13:16; Revelation 17:5; Revelation 19:20) to the practice of printing marks on the body, to indicate allegiance to a deity. We find also references to it, through in a different direction, by Paul (Galatians 6; Galatians 7) and by Ezekiel (Ezekiel 9:4). (See HAIR.)