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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - et increpavit Abimelech propter puteum aquae quem vi abstulerant servi illius

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4 - convicta delicti reddet

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - non facies calumniam proximo tuo nec vi opprimes eum non morabitur opus mercennarii apud te usque mane

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - et palpes in meridie sicut palpare solet caecus in tenebris et non dirigas vias tuas omnique tempore calumniam sustineas et opprimaris violentia nec habeas qui liberet te

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - bos tuus immoletur coram te et non comedas ex eo asinus tuus rapiatur in conspectu tuo et non reddatur tibi oves tuae dentur inimicis tuis et non sit qui te adiuvet

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - posueruntque insidias adversum eum in montium summitate et dum illius praestolantur adventum exercebant latrocinia agentes praedas de praetereuntibus nuntiatumque est Abimelech

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 - feceruntque filii Beniamin ut sibi fuerat imperatum et iuxta numerum suum rapuerunt sibi de his quae ducebant choros uxores singulas abieruntque in possessionem suam aedificantes urbes et habitantes in eis

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - ipse quoque interfecit virum aegyptium virum dignum spectaculo habentem in manu hastam itaque cum descendisset ad eum in virga vi extorsit hastam de manu Aegyptii et interfecit eum hasta sua

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - et ipse percussit virum aegyptium cuius statura erat quinque cubitorum et habebat lanceam ut liciatorium texentium descendit ergo ad eum cum virga et rapuit hastam quam tenebat manu et interfecit eum hasta sua

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19 - quoniam confringens nudavit pauperes domum rapuit et non aedificavit eam

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 - alii terminos transtulerunt diripuerunt greges et paverunt eos

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 - vim fecerunt depraedantes pupillos et vulgum pauperem spoliaverunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10 - [Vulgate 34:10] omnia ossa mea dicent Domine quis similis tui eruens inopem a validiore et pauperem et mendicum a violento

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 - non enim dormiunt nisi malefecerint et rapitur somnus ab eis nisi subplantaverint

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 - non facias violentiam pauperi quia pauper est neque conteras egenum in porta

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:24 - qui subtrahit aliquid a patre suo et matre et dicit hoc non est peccatum particeps homicidae est

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - ut opprimerent in iudicio pauperes et vim facerent causae humilium populi mei ut essent viduae praeda eorum et pupillos diriperent

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