The promise of the Messiah includes imagery of kathath — the serpent's head crushed (Genesis 3:15 uses a related concept), swords beaten into plowshares, and the wicked shattered. Isaiah 2:4 uses a related image: "they shall beat their swords into plowshares." Kathath also describes the pulverizing of the golden calf by Moses (Deuteronomy 9:21), an act showing the total destruction of false worship.
Kathath means to crush, shatter, or beat small — as in grinding grain or hammering metal into submission. It appears in contexts of warfare, divine judgment, and the crushing of idols or enemies.