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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
Dictionary Aids

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 BoxGen 21:25 - But Abraham H85 [fn]complained H3198 to Abimelech H40 because H5921 H182 of the well H875 of water H4325 which H834 the servants H5650 of Abimelech H40 had seized. H1497

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:31 - Then Jacob H3290 replied H6030 to Laban, H3837 “Because H3588 I was afraid, H3372 for I thought H559 that you would take H1497 your daughters H1323 from me by force. H1497

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4 - then it shall be, when H3588 he sins H2398 and becomes H816 guilty, H816 that he shall restore H7725 what H834 he took H1497 by robbery H1497 or H176 what H834 he got H6231 by extortion, H6233 or H176 the deposit H6487 which H834 was [fn]entrusted H6485 to him or H176 the lost H9 thing H9 which H834 he found, H4672

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - ‘You shall not oppress H6231 your neighbor, H7453 nor H3808 rob H1497 him. The wages H6468 of a hired H7916 man H7916 are not to remain H3885 with you all night H3885 until H5704 morning. H1242

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - and you will [fn]grope H4959 at noon, H6672 as the blind H5787 man H5787 gropes H4959 in darkness, H653 and you will not prosper H6743 in your ways; H1870 but you shall only H389 be oppressed H6231 and robbed H1497 continually, H3605 H3117 with none H369 to save H3467 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - “Your ox H7794 shall be slaughtered H2873 before your eyes, H5869 but you will not eat H398 of it; your donkey H2543 shall be torn H1497 away H1497 from you, and will not be restored H7725 to you; your sheep H6629 shall be given H5414 to your enemies, H340 and you will have H369 none H369 to save H3467 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - The men H1167 of Shechem H7927 set H7760 [fn]men in ambush H693 against him on the tops H7218 of the mountains, H2022 and they robbed H1497 all H3605 who H834 might pass H5674 by them along the road; H1870 and it was told H5046 to Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 - The sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 did H6213 so, H3651 and took H5375 wives H802 according to their number H4557 from those who danced, H2342 whom H834 they carried H1497 away. H1497 And they went H1980 and returned H7725 to their inheritance H5159 and rebuilt H1129 the cities H5892 and lived H3427 in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - He [fn]killed H5221 an Egyptian, H4713 [fn]an impressive H4758 man. H376 Now the Egyptian H4713 had a spear H2595 in his hand, H3027 but he went H3381 down H3381 to him with a club H7626 and snatched H1497 the spear H2595 from the Egyptian’s H4713 hand H3027 and killed H2026 him with his own spear. H2595

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - He [fn]killed H5221 an Egyptian, H4713 a man H376 of great stature H4060 five H2568 [fn]cubits H520 tall. Now in the Egyptian’s H4713 hand H3027 was a spear H2595 like a weaver’s H707 beam, H4500 but he went H3381 down H3381 to him with a club H7626 and snatched H1497 the spear H2595 from the Egyptian’s H4713 hand H3027 and [fn]killed H2026 him with his own spear. H2595

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19 - “For he has oppressed H7533 and forsaken H5800 the poor; H1800
He has seized H1497 a house H1004 which he has not built. H1129

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 - “[fn]Some remove H5381 the landmarks; H1367
They seize H1497 and [fn]devour H7462 flocks. H5739

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 - “[fn]Others snatch H1497 the orphan H3490 from the breast, H7699
And against H5921 the poor H6041 they take H2254 a pledge. H2254

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 - “Drought H6723 and heat H2527 [fn]consume H1497 the snow H7950 waters, H4325
So does [fn]Sheol H7585 those who have sinned. H2398

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10 - All H3605 my bones H6106 will say, H559 “LORD, H3068 who H4310 is like H3644 You,
Who delivers H5337 the afflicted H6041 from him who H2389 is too H4480 strong H2389 for him,
And the afflicted H6041 and the needy H34 from him who robs H1497 him?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - Those who hate H8130 me without H2600 a cause H2600 are more H7231 than H4480 the hairs H8185 of my head; H7218
Those who would [fn]destroy H6789 me are powerful, H6105 being wrongfully H8267 my enemies; H340
What H834 I did not steal, H1497 I then H227 have to restore. H7725

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 - For they cannot H3808 sleep H3462 unless H518 H3808 they do H7489 evil; H7489
And [fn]they are robbed H1497 of sleep H8142 unless H518 H3808 they make someone stumble. H3782

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 - Do not rob H1497 the poor H1800 because H3588 he is poor, H1800
Or crush H1792 the afflicted H6041 at the gate; H8179

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:24 - He who robs H1497 his father H1 or his mother H517
And says, H559 “It is not a transgression,” H6588
Is the companion H2270 of a man H376 who destroys. H7843

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - So as to [fn]deprive H5186 the needy H1800 of justice H1779
And rob H1497 the poor H6041 of My people H5971 of their rights, H4941
So that widows H490 may be their spoil H7998
And that they may plunder H962 the [fn]orphans. H3490

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - O house H1004 of David, H1732 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD: H3068
“Administer H1777 justice H4941 [fn]every morning; H1242
And deliver H5337 the person who has been robbed H1497 from the [fn]power H3027 of his oppressor, H6231
That My wrath H2534 may not go H3318 forth H3318 like fire H784
And burn H1197 with none H369 to extinguish H3518 it,
Because H4480 H6440 of the evil H7455 of their deeds. H4611

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 “Do H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness, H6666 and deliver H5337 the one who has been robbed H1497 from the power H3027 of his oppressor. H6216 Also do not mistreat H3238 or do H2554 violence H2554 to the stranger, H1616 the orphan, H3490 or the widow; H490 and do not shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 in this H2088 place. H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - if a man H376 does not oppress H3238 anyone, but restores H7725 to the debtor H2326 his pledge, H2258 does not commit H1497 robbery, H1500 but gives H5414 his bread H3899 to the hungry H7457 and covers H3680 the naked H5903 with clothing, H899

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - oppresses H3238 the poor H6041 and needy, H34 commits H1497 robbery, H1500 does not restore H7725 a pledge, H2258 but lifts H5375 up his eyes H5869 to the idols H1544 and commits H6213 abomination, H8441

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - or oppress H3238 anyone, H376 or retain H2254 a pledge, H2258 or commit H1497 robbery, H1500 but he gives H5414 his bread H3899 to the hungry H7457 and covers H3680 the naked H5903 with clothing, H899

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18 - “As for his father, H1 because H3588 he practiced H6231 extortion, H6233 robbed H1497 his brother H251 and did H6213 what H834 was not good H2896 among H8432 his people, H5971 behold, H2009 he will die H4191 for his iniquity. H5771

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - “The people H5971 of the land H776 have practiced H6231 oppression H6233 and committed H1497 robbery, H1498 and they have wronged H3238 the poor H6041 and needy H34 and have oppressed H6231 the sojourner H1616 without H3808 justice. H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2 - They covet H2530 fields H7704 and then seize H1497 them,
And houses, H1004 and take H5375 them away.
They [fn]rob H6231 a man H1397 and his house, H1004
A man H376 and his inheritance. H5159

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:2 - “You who hate H8130 good H2896 and love H157 evil, H7451
Who tear H1497 off H1497 their skin H5785 from them
And their flesh H7607 from their bones, H6106

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - “You also say, H559 ‘[fn]My, how H4100 tiresome H8513 it is!’ And you disdainfully H5301 sniff H5301 at it,” says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 “and you bring H935 what was taken H1497 by robbery H1497 and what is lame H6455 or sick; H2470 so you bring H935 the offering! H4503 Should I receive H7521 that from your hand?” H3027 says H559 the LORD. H3068
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