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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 - Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek’s servants had seized.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:31 - Jacob answered Laban, “I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4 - when they sin in any of these ways and realize their guilt, they must return what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - “ ‘Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. “ ‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - At midday you will grope about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - In opposition to him these citizens of Shechem set men on the hilltops to ambush and rob everyone who passed by, and this was reported to Abimelek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 - So that is what the Benjamites did. While the young women were dancing, each man caught one and carried her off to be his wife. Then they returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the towns and settled in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - And he struck down a huge Egyptian. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - And he struck down an Egyptian who was five cubits[fn] tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s rod in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19 - For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 - There are those who move boundary stones; they pasture flocks they have stolen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 - The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 - As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10 - My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, LORD? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 - For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 - Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:24 - Whoever robs their father or mother and says, “It’s not wrong,” is partner to one who destroys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - This is what the LORD says to you, house of David: “ ‘Administer justice every morning; rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed, or my wrath will break out and burn like fire because of the evil you have done— burn with no one to quench it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - This is what the LORD says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - He does not oppress anyone, but returns what he took in pledge for a loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and provides clothing for the naked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - He oppresses the poor and needy. He commits robbery. He does not return what he took in pledge. He looks to the idols. He does detestable things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - He does not oppress anyone or require a pledge for a loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and provides clothing for the naked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18 - But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2 - They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes, they rob them of their inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:2 - you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - And you say, ‘What a burden!’ and you sniff at it contemptuously,” says the LORD Almighty. “When you bring injured, lame or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands?” says the LORD.
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