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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

H1504

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to 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 living spoke to the king, for she yearned with compassion for her son; and she said, “O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him!” But the other said, “Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:4 - So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21 - King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He dwelt in an isolated house, because he was a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD. Then Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:1 - After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus subsided, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:28 - You will also declare a thing,
And it will be established for you;
So light will shine on your ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:5 - Adrift among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13 - To Him who divided the Red Sea in two,
For His mercy endures forever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 - And he shall snatch on the right hand
And be hungry;
He shall devour on the left hand
And not be satisfied;
Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:8 - He was taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:54 - The waters flowed over my head;
I said, “I am cut off!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:11 - Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:17 - Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
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