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Lexicon :: Strong's H957 - baz

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בַּז
Transliteration
baz
Pronunciation
baz
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 225a

Strong’s Definitions

בַּז baz, baz; from H962; plunder:—booty, prey, spoil(-ed).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H957 in the following manner: prey (18x), spoil (4x), spoiled (2x), booty (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H957 in the following manner: prey (18x), spoil (4x), spoiled (2x), booty (1x).

  1. spoil, booty, robbery, spoiling

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּז baz, baz; from H962; plunder:—booty, prey, spoil(-ed).
STRONGS H957: Abbreviations
† בַּז noun [masculine] spoiling, robbery; spoil, booty — בּ׳ absolute Numbers 14:3 +; so also H897 Ezekiel 25:7 Qr (Kt בג meaningless); בַּ֑ז Jeremiah 2:14 +; but הַבָּ֔ז Numbers 31:32 see d. H; suffix בִּזָּהּ Exodus 29:19; —
1. spoiling, robbery, לְב׳ i.e. to be plundered, despoiled Ezekiel 7:21 (of temple || שָׁלָל) Ezekiel 23:46.
2. spoil, booty, plunder Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 33:23; Ezekiel 29:19; Ezekiel 38:12, 13 (all accusative of congnate meaning with verb || שָׁלָל); compare Numbers 31:32; Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 17:3; in phrase הָיָה לָבַז Jeremiah 49:32 (of camels) Ezekiel 36:4 compare Ezekiel 36:5; also of human beings Numbers 14:3, 31; Deuteronomy 1:39; Jeremiah 2:14 (all היה לב׳) + 2 Kings 21:14 (|| מְשִׁסָּה) Isaiah 42:22 (|| id.) Jeremiah 2:14, compare Jeremiah 30:16 (|| מְשִׁסָּה); also Ezekiel 25:7 Qr, Ezekiel 26:5 (היה לב׳; both in personified); figurative of Israel as sheep Ezekiel 34:8, 22 (both היה לב׳) Ezekiel 34:28 היה בז (no לְ). On Isaiah 8:1, 3מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז see מהר.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

29:19

Numbers

14:3; 14:3; 14:31; 31:32; 31:32

Deuteronomy

1:39

2 Kings

21:14

Isaiah

8:1; 8:3; 10:6; 33:23; 42:22

Jeremiah

2:14; 2:14; 2:14; 15:13; 17:3; 30:16; 49:32

Ezekiel

7:21; 23:46; 25:7; 25:7; 26:5; 29:19; 34:8; 34:22; 34:28; 36:4; 36:5; 38:12; 38:13

H957

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H957 matches the Hebrew בַּז (baz),
which occurs 25 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - “Why is the LORD taking us to this country only to have us die in battle? Our wives and our little ones will be carried off as plunder! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:31 - “‘You said your children would be carried off as plunder. Well, I will bring them safely into the land, and they will enjoy what you have despised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 - The plunder remaining from everything the fighting men had taken totaled 675,000 sheep and goats,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:39 - I will give the land to your little ones—your innocent children. You were afraid they would be captured, but they will be the ones who occupy it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:14 - Then I will reject even the remnant of my own people who are left, and I will hand them over as plunder for their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:6 - I am sending Assyria against a godless nation,
against a people with whom I am angry.
Assyria will plunder them,
trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - The enemies’ sails hang loose
on broken masts with useless tackle.
Their treasure will be divided by the people of God.
Even the lame will take their share!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 - But his own people have been robbed and plundered,
enslaved, imprisoned, and trapped.
They are fair game for anyone
and have no one to protect them,
no one to take them back home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:14 - “Why has Israel become a slave?
Why has he been carried away as plunder?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:13 - At no cost to them,
I will hand over your wealth and treasures
as plunder to your enemies,
for sin runs rampant in your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:3 - So I will hand over my holy mountain—
along with all your wealth and treasures
and your pagan shrines—
as plunder to your enemies,
for sin runs rampant in your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:16 - “But all who devour you will be devoured,
and all your enemies will be sent into exile.
All who plunder you will be plundered,
and all who attack you will be attacked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:32 - Their camels and other livestock will all be yours.
I will scatter to the winds these people
who live in remote places.[fn]
I will bring calamity upon them
from every direction,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:21 - I will give it as plunder to foreigners,
to the most wicked of nations,
and they will defile it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:46 - “Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Bring an army against them and hand them over to be terrorized and plundered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:7 - I will raise my fist of judgment against you. I will give you as plunder to many nations. I will cut you off from being a nation and destroy you completely. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:5 - It will be just a rock in the sea, a place for fishermen to spread their nets, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign LORD. Tyre will become the prey of many nations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He will carry off its wealth, plundering everything it has so he can pay his army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, you abandoned my flock and left them to be attacked by every wild animal. And though you were my shepherds, you didn’t search for my sheep when they were lost. You took care of yourselves and left the sheep to starve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:22 - So I will rescue my flock, and they will no longer be abused. I will judge between one animal of the flock and another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:28 - They will no longer be prey for other nations, and wild animals will no longer devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will frighten them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:4 - Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign LORD. He speaks to the hills and mountains, ravines and valleys, and to ruined wastes and long-deserted cities that have been destroyed and mocked by the surrounding nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: My jealous anger burns against these nations, especially Edom, because they have shown utter contempt for me by gleefully taking my land for themselves as plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:12 - I will go to those formerly desolate cities that are now filled with people who have returned from exile in many nations. I will capture vast amounts of plunder, for the people are rich with livestock and other possessions now. They think the whole world revolves around them!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13 - But Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish will ask, ‘Do you really think the armies you have gathered can rob them of silver and gold? Do you think you can drive away their livestock and seize their goods and carry off plunder?’
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