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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 - Then he said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to one woman and half to the other!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - Then the woman who was the real mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out, “Oh no, my lord! Give her the child—please do not kill him!”
But the other woman said, “All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:4 - So he went with them.
When they arrived at the Jordan, they began cutting down trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21 - So King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in isolation in a separate house, for he was excluded from the Temple of the LORD. His son Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace, and he governed the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:1 - But after Xerxes’ anger had subsided, he began thinking about Vashti and what she had done and the decree he had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:28 - You will succeed in whatever you choose to do,
and light will shine on the road ahead of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:5 - They have left me among the dead,
and I lie like a corpse in a grave.
I am forgotten,
cut off from your care.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13 - Give thanks to him who parted the Red Sea.[fn]
His faithful love endures forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 - They will attack their neighbor on the right
but will still be hungry.
They will devour their neighbor on the left
but will not be satisfied.
In the end they will even eat their own children.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:8 - Unjustly condemned,
he was led away.[fn]
No one cared that he died without descendants,
that his life was cut short in midstream.[fn]
But he was struck down
for the rebellion of my people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:54 - The water rose over my head,
and I cried out, “This is the end!”

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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 represent the people of Israel. They are saying, ‘We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:17 - Even though the fig trees have no blossoms,
and there are no grapes on the vines;
even though the olive crop fails,
and the fields lie empty and barren;
even though the flocks die in the fields,
and the cattle barns are empty,
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