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Lexicon :: Strong's H1504 - gāzar

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גָּזַר
Transliteration
gāzar
Pronunciation
gaw-zar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 340

Strong’s Definitions

גָּזַר gâzar, gaw-zar'; a primitive root; to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide:—cut down (off), decree, divide, snatch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H1504 in the following manner: cut off (6x), divide (3x), decree (2x), cut down (1x), snatch (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H1504 in the following manner: cut off (6x), divide (3x), decree (2x), cut down (1x), snatch (1x).

  1. to cut, divide, cut down, cut off, cut in two, snatch, decree

    1. (Qal)

      1. to cut in two, divide

      2. to cut down

      3. to cut off, destroy, exterminate

      4. to decree

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be cut off, separated, excluded

      2. to be destroyed, cut off

      3. to be decreed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּזַר gâzar, gaw-zar'; a primitive root; to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide:—cut down (off), decree, divide, snatch.
STRONGS H1504: Abbreviations
† גָּזַר verb cut, divide (Arabic جَزَرَ, Late Hebrew גָּזַר cut, determine, circumcise; Ethiopic ገዘረ፡ Aramaic H1505 גְּזַר, Rfzg) —
Qal Perfect גָּזַר Habakkuk 3:17; Imperfect וַיִּגְזֹר Isaiah 9:19; 2nd person masculine singular תִּגְזַר Job 22:28; וַיִּגְזְרוּ 2 Kings 6:4; Participle active גֹּזֵר Psalm 136:13; —
1. divide, cut in two, followed by accusative 1 Kings 3:25 (לִשְׁנָ֑יִם ג׳) compare 1 Kings 3:26 (object not expressed).
2. divide the Red Sea (accusative) Psalm 136:13 followed by לִגְזָרִים.
3. cut down הָעֵצִים 2 Kings 6:4.
4. cut off (piece of meat to eat, but object not expressed || אכל) Isaiah 9:19.
5. cut off, i.e. destroy, exterminate Habakkuk 3:17 (with accusative; indefinite subject), followed by מִן local
6. decree (Aramaism, compare Biblical Aramaic) Job 22:28 with accusative
Niph. Perfect נִגְזַר 2 Chronicles 26:21; Esther 2:1, נִגְזָ֑רְתִּי Lamentations 3:24, נִגְזָ֑רוּ Psalm 88:6, נִגְזַרְנוּ Ezekiel 37:11; Isaiah 53:8; —
1. be cut off, separate, excluded from (מִן) temple 2 Chronicles 26:21, from (מִן) Yahweh's hand Psalm 88:5 (of the slain), from (מִן) the land of the living Isaiah 53:8 (of the suffering servant of י׳).
2. be cut off = destroyed Lamentations 3:54; Ezekiel 37:11.
3. be decreed, Esther 2:1 followed by עַל against (compare Qal 6).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

3:25; 3:26

2 Kings

6:4; 6:4

2 Chronicles

26:21; 26:21

Esther

2:1; 2:1

Job

22:28; 22:28

Psalms

88:5; 88:6; 136:13; 136:13

Isaiah

9:19; 9:19; 53:8; 53:8

Lamentations

3:24; 3:54

Ezekiel

37:11; 37:11

Habakkuk

3:17; 3:17

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Strong's Number H1504 matches the Hebrew גָּזַר (gāzar),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:25 - Then the king said, “Divide H1504 the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - Then the woman whose son was the living one spoke to the king, for [fn]she was deeply stirred with compassion over her son and said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means put him to death.” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide H1504 him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:4 - So he went with them; and they came to the Jordan and cut H1504 down H1504 trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21 - So King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death; and he lived in a separate house, being a leper, for he was cut H1504 off H1504 from the house of Yahweh. And Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:1 -

After these things when the wrath of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decided H1504 against her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:28 -

“You will also decree H1504 a thing, and it will be established for you;

And light will shine on your ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:5 -

Released among the dead,

Like the slain who lie in the grave,

Whom You remember no more,

And they are cut H1504 off H1504 from Your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13 -

To Him who divided H1504 the [fn]Red Sea in two,

For His lovingkindness endures forever,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 -

[fn]They slice H1504 off H1504 what is on the right hand but still are hungry,

And [fn]they eat what is on the left hand but they are not satisfied;

Each of them eats the flesh of his own arm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:8 -

By oppression and judgment He was taken away;

And as for His generation, who considered

That He was cut H1504 off H1504 out of the land of [fn]the living,

That for the transgression of my people, striking was due to Him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:54 -

Waters flowed over my head;

I said, “I am cut H1504 off H1504!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:11 -

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished. We are [fn]completely cut H1504 off H1504.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:17 -

Though the fig tree should not blossom

And there be no produce on the vines,

Though the yield of the olive should fail

And the fields yield no food,

Though the flock should be cut H1504 off H1504 from the fold

And there be no cattle in the stalls,

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