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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 - While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 - After some time Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. After Judah was consoled, he left for Timnah to visit his sheepshearers, along with his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:13 - Tamar was told, "Look, 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 - You must set apart for the LORD your God every firstborn male born to your herds and flocks. You must not work the firstborn of your bulls or shear the firstborn of your flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:2 - There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy; he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:4 - When David heard in the desert that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:7 - Now I hear that they are shearing sheep for you. When your shepherds were with us, we neither insulted them nor harmed them the whole time they were in Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:11 - Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don't even know where they came from!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:23 - Two years later Absalom's sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor, near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king's sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:24 - Then Absalom went to the king and said, "My shearers have begun their work. Let the king and his servants go with me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:20 - Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 - He was treated harshly and afflicted, but he did not even open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughtering block, like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not even open his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:29 - So, mourn, you people of this nation. Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the LORD has decided to reject and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:16 - Shave your heads bald as you mourn for the children you love; shave your foreheads as bald as an eagle, for they are taken from you into exile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:12 - This is what the LORD says: "Even though they are powerful - and what is more, even though their army is numerous - nevertheless, they will be destroyed and trickle away! Although I afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
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