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Lexicon :: Strong's H1494 - gāzaz

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גָּזַז
Transliteration
gāzaz
Pronunciation
gaw-zaz'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [akin to גּוּז (H1468)]
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TWOT Reference: 336

Strong’s Definitions

גָּזַז gazâz, gaw-zaz'; a primitive root (akin to H1468); to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy:—cut off (down), poll, shave, (sheep-) shear(-er).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H1494 in the following manner: shear (5x), sheepshearer (3x), shearers (3x), cut off (1x), poll (1x), shave (1x), cut down (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H1494 in the following manner: shear (5x), sheepshearer (3x), shearers (3x), cut off (1x), poll (1x), shave (1x), cut down (1x).

  1. to shear, mow

    1. (Qal)

      1. to shear

      2. shearer (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be cut off, be destroyed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּזַז gazâz, gaw-zaz'; a primitive root (akin to H1468); to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy:—cut off (down), poll, shave, (sheep-) shear(-er).
STRONGS H1494: Abbreviations
† [גָּזַז] verb shear (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic גְּזָז bdb015909, Arabic bdb015910, Assyrian derivatives) —
Qal Imperfect וַיָּ֫גָו Job 1:20; 2nd person masculine singular תָּגֹז Deuteronomy 15:19; Imperative 2nd person feminine singular גָּזִּ֫י Jeremiah 7:29, גֹּ֫זִּי Micah 1:16; Infinitive construct גְּזֹו Genesis 31:19 (E) 1 Samuel 25:2, גֹּז Genesis 38:13 (J); Participle גֹּזֵז 1 Samuel 25:4; plural גֹּזְַזִים 1 Samuel 25:7 + 2 times; construct גֹּזַזֵי Genesis 38:12; suffix גֹּזְַזָי֑ 1 Samuel 25:11, גֹּזְַזֶיהָ Isaiah 53:7; — shear sheep (object צאֹן) Genesis 31:19; Genesis 38:13; Deuteronomy 15:19; 1 Samuel 25:2, 4; compare Participle shearer (with צאן) Genesis 38:12, also גֹּזְַזֶיהָ (i.e. רָחֵל) Isaiah 53:7; absolute = sheep-shearer, 1 Samuel 25:7, 11; 2 Samuel 13:23, 24; object man's head (ראשׁוֺ) Job 1:20; of a woman's (figurative of Israel) Micah 1:16 (no object; || קרחי), (figurative of Jerusalem) Jeremiah 7:29 (object נֵזֶר which see).
Niph. נָגוֺ֫זּוּ be cut off (= destroyed) of Assyrians Nahum 1:12.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:19; 31:19; 38:12; 38:12; 38:13; 38:13

Deuteronomy

15:19; 15:19

1 Samuel

25:2; 25:2; 25:4; 25:4; 25:7; 25:7; 25:11; 25:11

2 Samuel

13:23; 13:24

Job

1:20; 1:20

Isaiah

53:7; 53:7

Jeremiah

7:29; 7:29

Micah

1:16; 1:16

Nahum

1:12

H1494

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1494 matches the Hebrew גָּזַז (gāzaz),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19 - Now Lavan had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the terafim that were her father's.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 - After many days, Shu`a's daughter, the wife of Yehudah, died. Yehudah was comforted, and went up to his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the `Adullami.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:13 - It was told Tamar, saying, "Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:19 - All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock you shall sanctify to the LORD your God: you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:2 - There was a man in Ma`on, whose possessions were in Karmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Karmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:4 - David heard in the wilderness that Naval was shearing his sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:7 - Now I have heard that you have shearers: your shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there anything missing to them, all the while they were in Karmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:11 - Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don't know where they come from?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:23 - It happened after two full years, that Avshalom had sheep-shearers in Ba`al-Hatzor, which is beside Efrayim: and Avshalom invited all the king's sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:24 - Avshalom came to the king, and said, See now, your servant has sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray you, and his servants go with your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:20 - Then Iyov arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 - He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:29 - Cut off your hair, Yerushalayim, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:16 - Shave your heads, And cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the rakham; For they have gone into captivity from you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:12 - Thus says the LORD: "Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
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