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Lexicon :: Strong's H1497 - gāzal

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גָּזַל
Transliteration
gāzal
Pronunciation
gaw-zal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 337

Strong’s Definitions

גָּזַל gâzal, gaw-zal'; a primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob:—catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H1497 in the following manner: spoil (8x), take away (8x), rob (4x), pluck (3x), caught (1x), consume (1x), exercised (1x), force (1x), pluck off (1x), torn (1x), violence (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H1497 in the following manner: spoil (8x), take away (8x), rob (4x), pluck (3x), caught (1x), consume (1x), exercised (1x), force (1x), pluck off (1x), torn (1x), violence (1x).

  1. to tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force

    1. (Qal)

      1. to tear away, rob

      2. to seize, plunder (with acc cognate)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be robbed

      2. to be taken away

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּזַל gâzal, gaw-zal'; a primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob:—catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.
STRONGS H1497: Abbreviations
† I. גָּזַל verb tear away, seize, rob (Late Hebrew id., Phoenician גזל Niph., Aramaic גְּזַל, bdb015914 & (Nas.) bdb015915; Arabic bdb015916 cut off) —
Qal Perfect גָּזַל Job 20:19; Ezekiel 18:18, גָּזָ֑ל Leviticus 5:23 + 2 times, גָּזַלְתִּי Psalm 69:5 etc.; Imperfect יִגְזֹל Ezekiel 18:7, וַיִּגְזֹל 2 Samuel 23:21; 1 Chronicles 11:23 etc.; Infinitive גְּזֹל Isaiah 10:2; Participle active גּוֺזֵל Proverbs 28:24; suffix גֹּזְלוֺ Psalm 35:10; plural construct גֹּזְלֵי Micah 3:2; passive גָּזוּל Deuteronomy 28:29 + 4 times; — tear away, rob, with object of thing (movable), flock (עֵדֶר) Job 24:2, ass Deuteronomy 28:31, women Judges 21:23 compare Genesis 31:31 (E), tear away orphan child from breast Job 24:9 יתום מִשֹּׁד, snatch a spear from enemy's hand 2 Samuel 23:21 = 1 Chronicles 11:23; figurative of drying up snow-water Job 24:19; (object stationary) take violent possession of, well of water Genesis 21:25 (E), house Job 20:19, fields Micah 2:2; (hyperb.) the skin Micah 3:2; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb = seize, plunder, object גְּזֵלָה Leviticus 5:23 (P) Ezekiel 18:7, 12, 16, גָּזֵל Ezekiel 18:18; Ezekiel 22:29; indefinite Psalm 69:5; figurative, object מִשְׁפָּט Isaiah 10:2; with object person robbed Psalm 35:10; Proverbs 22:22; Proverbs 28:24, probably also Judges 9:25 compare Leviticus 19:13 (H; absolute); compare also passive Deuteronomy 28:29 (|| עָשׁוּק); הציל גָּזוּל מיד עושׁק Jeremiah 21:12; compare Jeremiah 22:3; Malachi 1:13 גָּזוּל (|| פִּסֵּחַ lame and חוֺלֶה sick), probably that rescued after seizure by wild beasts, therefore mutilated.
† Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular וְנִגְזְלָה, subject sleep Proverbs 4:16 לא || (יִֽֽֽשְׁנוּׅ.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:25; 31:31

Leviticus

19:13

Deuteronomy

28:29; 28:29; 28:31

Judges

9:25; 21:23

2 Samuel

23:21; 23:21

1 Chronicles

11:23; 11:23

Job

20:19; 20:19; 24:2; 24:9; 24:19

Psalms

35:10; 35:10; 69:5; 69:5

Proverbs

4:16; 22:22; 28:24; 28:24

Isaiah

10:2; 10:2

Jeremiah

21:12; 22:3

Ezekiel

18:7; 18:7; 18:12; 18:16; 18:18; 18:18; 22:29

Micah

2:2; 3:2; 3:2

Malachi

1:13

H1497

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Strong's Number H1497 matches the Hebrew גָּזַל (gāzal),
which occurs 30 times in 30 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:31 - And Jacob answered and said to Laban, I was afraid; for I said, Lest thou shouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4 - then it shall be, if he hath sinned and transgressed, that he shall restore what he robbed or that in which he hath defrauded, or the deposit, or the lost thing which he found,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, neither rob him. The wages of the hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled continually, and there shall be none to save.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - Thine ox shall be slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof; thine ass shall be snatched away from before thy face, and shall not return to thee; thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to recover them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - And the citizens of Shechem set liers in wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them. And it was told Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 - And the children of Benjamin did so, and took wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught; and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - He also smote the Egyptian, an imposing man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - He also smote the Egyptian, a man of stature, five cubits high: and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19 - For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 - They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 - They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 - Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10 - All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the afflicted from one stronger than he, yea, the afflicted and the needy from him that spoileth him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 - For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 - Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:24 - Whoso robbeth his father and his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - to turn away the poor from judgment, and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people; that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - House of David, thus saith Jehovah: Judge with justice in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - Thus saith Jehovah: Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - and hath not oppressed any; he hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath not exercised robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - hath oppressed the poor and needy, exercised robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed abomination,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - and hath not oppressed any, nor withholden the pledge, neither hath exercised robbery; he hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18 - As for his father, because he practised oppression, exercised robbery upon his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - The people of the land use oppression and practise robbery; and they vex the poor and needy, and oppress the stranger wrongfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2 - And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:2 - Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - And ye say, Behold, what a weariness! And ye have puffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and ye bring that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the oblation: should I accept this of your hand? saith Jehovah.
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