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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 BoxGen 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - And Abraam reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:31 - And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid; for I said, Lest at any time thou shouldest take away thy daughters from me, and all my possessions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4 - (LXX 5:23) it shall come to pass, whensoever he shall have sinned, and transgressed, that he shall restore the plunder which he has seized, or redress the injury which he has committed, or restore the deposit which was entrusted to him, or the lost article which he has found

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - Thou shalt not injure thy neighbour, neither do thou rob him, neither shall the wages of thy hireling remain with thee until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - And thou shalt grope at mid-day, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and then thou shalt be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - Thy calf shall be slain before thee, and thou shalt not eat of it; thine ass shall be violently taken away from thee, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given to thine enemies, and thou shalt have no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - And the men of Sicima set liers in wait against him on the top of the mountains, and robbed every one who passed by them on the way; and it was reported to the king Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - He smote an Egyptian, [fn]a wonderful man, and in the hand of the Egyptian was a spear as the side of a ladder; and he went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - And he smote an Egyptian, a wonderful man five cubits high; and in the hand of the Egyptian there was a spear like a weavers' beam; and Banaia went down to him with a staff, and took the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19 - For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built it not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 - while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 - They have snatched the fatherless from the breast, and have afflicted the outcast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 - Let them be withered upon the earth; for they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10 - (LXX 34:10) All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to thee? delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, yea, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - (LXX 68:5) They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I [fn]restored that which I took not away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 - For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 - Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: neither dishonour the helpless man in the gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:24 - [fn]He that casts off father or mother, and thinks he sins not; the same is partaker with an ungodly man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - perverting the cause of the poor, violently wresting the judgment of the needy ones of my people, that the widow may be a prey to them, and the orphan a spoil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Judge judgment in the morning, and act rightly, and rescue the spoiled one from the hand of him that wrongs him, lest mine anger be kindled like fire, and it burn, and there be none to quench it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and justice, and rescue the spoiled out of the hand of him that wrongs him: and oppress not the stranger, and orphan, and widow, and sin not, and shed no innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - and shall not oppress any man, but shall return the pledge of the debtor, and shall be guilty of no plunder, shall give his bread to the hungry, and clothe the naked;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - and has oppressed the poor and needy, and has committed robbery, and not restored a pledge, and has set his eyes upon idols, has wrought iniquities,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - and has not oppressed a man, and has not retained the pledge, nor committed robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has clothed the naked,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18 - But if his father grievously afflict, or plunder, he has wrought enmity in the midst of my people, and shall die in his iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - That sorely oppress the people of the land with injustice, and commit robbery; oppressing the poor and needy, and not dealing justly with the stranger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2 - And they desired fields, and plundered orphans, and oppressed families, and spoiled a man and his house, even a man and his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:2 - who hate good, and seek evil; who tear their skins off them, and their flesh off their bones:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - And ye said, These services are troublesome: therefore I have [fn]utterly rejected them with scorn, saith the Lord Almighty: and ye brought in torn victims, and lame, and sick: if then ye should bring an offering, shall I accept them at your hands? saith the Lord Almighty.
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