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Lexicon :: Strong's H962 - bāzaz

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בָּזַז
Transliteration
bāzaz
Pronunciation
baw-zaz'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 225

Strong’s Definitions

בָּזַז bâzaz, baw-zaz'; a primitive root; to plunder:—catch, gather, (take) for a prey, rob(-ber), spoil, take (away, spoil), × utterly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's H962 in the following manner: spoil (9x), prey (9x), spoiled (6x), rob (6x), take (6x), take away (2x), caught (1x), gathering (1x), robbers (1x), took (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's H962 in the following manner: spoil (9x), prey (9x), spoiled (6x), rob (6x), take (6x), take away (2x), caught (1x), gathering (1x), robbers (1x), took (1x), utterly (1x).

  1. to spoil, plunder, prey upon, seize

    1. (Qal) to spoil, plunder, despoil

    2. (Niphal) to be spoiled, plundered

    3. (Pual) to be taken as spoil

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּזַז bâzaz, baw-zaz'; a primitive root; to plunder:—catch, gather, (take) for a prey, rob(-ber), spoil, take (away, spoil), × utterly.
STRONGS H962: Abbreviations
† בָּזַז verb spoil, plunder (Arabic bdb010203, Aramaic bdb010204; Amharic bdb010205 perhaps Ethiopic bdb010206 rescue PräBAS i. 33) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וּבָזַז (consecutive) Ezekiel 29:19; 3rd person plural בָּֽזְַזוּ Numbers 31:53 + 7 times; בָּזָ֑זוּ Numbers 31:9; suffix וּבְזָזוּם consecutive Jeremiah 20:5; 1st person plural בָּזַזְנוּ Deuteronomy 2:35; בַּזּוֺנוּ Deuteronomy 3:7; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תָּבֹז Deuteronomy 20:14, plural יָ֫בֹזּוּ Isaiah 10:2 + 2 times; וַיָּ֫בֹזּוּ Genesis 34:27 + 4 times; suffix יְבָזּוּם Zephaniah 2:9; 2nd person masculine plural תָּבֹ֫זוּ Joshua 8:2; 1st person plural cohortative נָבֹ֫זָה 1 Samuel 14:36 (compare Ges§ 67 R. 11); Imperative בֹּ֫זּוּ Nahum 2:10 (twice in verse); Infinitive construct בֹּז Isaiah 10:6 + 3 times; בּוֺז Esther 3:13; Esther 8:11; Participle active plural ֽֽֽבְֹּזַזִים Isaiah 42:24; 2 Chronicles 20:25; suffix ֽֽֽבְֹּזַזַיִךְ Jeremiah 30:16, ֽֽֽבְֹּזַזֵינוּ Isaiah 17:14, ֽֽֽבְֹּזַזֵיהֶם Ezekiel 39:10; passive בָּזוּז Isaiah 42:22; — spoil = take as spoil, with accusative of thing Numbers 31:9; Deuteronomy 2:35 (with לְ & reflexive suffix) Jeremiah 20:5; Ezekiel 26:12; Nahum 2:10; Psalm 109:11; oftener with accusative of congnate meaning with verb, בַּז Numbers 31:32; Isaiah 10:6 (|| שָׁלַל שָׁלָל, as often) Isaiah 33:23; Ezekiel 29:19; Ezekiel 38:12, 13; בִּזָּה 2 Chronicles 25:13; שָׁלָל Deuteronomy 3:7; Deuteronomy 20:14 (both followed by לְ with reflexive suffix) 2 Chronicles 20:25 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 28:8; Esther 3:13; Esther 8:11; בהמה & שׁלל Joshua 8:2, 27; Joshua 11:14 (all followed by לְ with reflexive suffix); object person carried off (compare בַּז) Genesis 34:29 (MT, but compare Ol); plunder, despoil, with accusative of person robbed Isaiah 10:2; Isaiah 11:14; Isaiah 17:14 (שׁסה) Isaiah 42:22 (|| id.) Zephaniah 2:9; Jeremiah 30:16; Ezekiel 39:10 (twice in verse); with בָּהֶם (person) 1 Samuel 14:36; with accusative of place plundered Genesis 34:27; 2 Kings 7:16; 2 Chronicles 14:13; absolute Numbers 31:53; Isaiah 42:24.
† Niph. Perfect וְנָבֹ֫זוּ consecutive Amos 3:11; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תִּבּוֺז Isaiah 24:3; Infinitive absolute הִבּוֺז Isaiah 24:3 — be spoiled, plundered, subject ארמנות Amos 3:11; הארץ Isaiah 24:3; הִבּוֺז תִּבּוֺז (|| הִבּוֺק תִּבּוֺק).
† Pu. Perfect וּבֻזָּ֑זוּ consecutive Jeremiah 50:37 — be taken as spoil, subject אוצרת.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:27; 34:27; 34:29

Numbers

31:9; 31:9; 31:32; 31:53; 31:53

Deuteronomy

2:35; 2:35; 3:7; 3:7; 20:14; 20:14

Joshua

8:2; 8:2; 8:27; 11:14

1 Samuel

14:36; 14:36

2 Kings

7:16

2 Chronicles

14:13; 20:25; 20:25; 25:13; 28:8

Esther

3:13; 3:13; 8:11; 8:11

Psalms

109:11

Isaiah

10:2; 10:2; 10:6; 10:6; 11:14; 17:14; 17:14; 24:3; 24:3; 24:3; 33:23; 42:22; 42:22; 42:24; 42:24

Jeremiah

20:5; 20:5; 30:16; 30:16; 50:37

Ezekiel

26:12; 29:19; 29:19; 38:12; 38:13; 39:10; 39:10

Amos

3:11; 3:11

Nahum

2:10; 2:10

Zephaniah

2:9; 2:9

H962

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Strong's Number H962 matches the Hebrew בָּזַז (bāzaz),
which occurs 43 times in 39 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27 - But the sons of Jacob came upon the [fn]wounded, and ravaged the city wherein they had defiled Dina their sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29 - And they took captive all the persons of them, and all their store, and their wives, and plundered both whatever things there were in the city, and whatever things there were in the houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9 - And they made a prey of the women of Madian, and their store, and their cattle, and all their possessions: and they spoiled their forces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 - And that which remained of the spoil which the warriors took, was—of the sheep, six hundred and seventy-five thousand:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:53 - For the men of war took plunder every one for himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:35 - Only we took the cattle captive, and took the spoil of the cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:7 - and all the cattle; and we took for a prey to ourselves the spoil of the cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14 - except the women and the stuff: and all the cattle, and whatsoever shall be in the city, and all the plunder thou shalt take as spoil for thyself, and shalt eat all the plunder of thine enemies whom the Lord thy God gives thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - And thou shalt do to Gai, as thou didst to Jericho and its king; and thou shalt take to thyself the spoil of its cattle; set now for thyself an ambush for the city behind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:27 - Beside the spoils that were in the city, all things which the children of Israel took as spoil for themselves according to the command of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Joshua.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:14 - And the children of Israel took all its spoils to themselves; and they slew all the men with the edge of the sword, until he destroyed them; they left not one of them breathing.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 - And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines this night, and let us plunder among them till the day break, and let us not leave a man among them. And they said, Do all that is good in thy sight: and the priest said, Let us draw nigh hither to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 - And the people went out, and plundered the camp of Syria: and a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord, and two measures of barley for a shekel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14 - (LXX 14:13) And they destroyed their towns round about Gedor; for a terror of the Lord was upon them: and they spoiled all their cities, for they had much spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:25 - And Josaphat and his people went out to spoil them, and they found much cattle, and furniture, and spoils, and precious things: and they spoiled them, and they were three days gathering the spoil, for it was abundant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13 - And the men of the host whom Amasias sent back so that they should not go with him to battle, went and attacked the cities of Juda, from Samaria to Bæthoron; and they smote three thousand among them, and took much spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8 - And the children of Israel took captive of their brethren three hundred thousand, women, and sons, and daughters, and they spoiled them of much property, and brought the spoils to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - And the message was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - wherein he charged them to use their own laws in every city, and to help each other, and to treat their adversaries, and those who attacked them, as they pleased,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:11 - (LXX 108:11) Let his creditor exact all that belongs to him: and let strangers spoil his labours.

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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 BoxIsa 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:6 - I will send my wrath against a sinful nation, and I will charge my people to take plunder and spoil, and to trample the cities, and to make them dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 - And they shall fly in the ships of the Philistines: they shall at the same time spoil the [fn]sea, and them that come from the east, and Idumea: and they shall lay their hands on Moab first; but the children of Ammon shall first obey them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14 - Toward evening, and there shall be grief; before the morning, and he shall not be. This is the portion of them that spoiled you, and the inheritance to them that robbed you of your inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:3 - The earth shall be completely laid waste, and the earth shall be utterly spoiled: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - Thy cords are broken, for they had no strength: thy mast has given way, it shall not spread the sails, it shall not bear a signal, until it be given up for plunder; therefore shall many lame men take spoil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 - And I beheld, and the people were spoiled and plundered: for there is a snare in the secret chambers everywhere, and in the houses also, where they have hidden them: they became a spoil, and there was no one that delivered the prey, and there was none who said, Restore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:24 - [fn]For what did he give Jacob up to spoil, and Israel to them that plundered him? Did not God do it against whom they sinned? and they would not walk in his ways, nor hearken to his law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:5 - And I will give all the strength of this city, and all the labours of it, and all the treasures of the king of Juda, into the hands of his enemies, and they shall bring them to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:16 - (LXX 37:16) Therefore all that devour thee shall be eaten, and all thine enemies shall eat all their own flesh. Thy sins have abounded beyond the multitude of thine iniquities, therefore they have done these things to thee. And they that spoil thee shall become a spoil, and I will give up to be plundered all that have plundered thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:37 - (LXX 27:37) a sword upon their warriors, and upon the mixed people in the midst of her; and they shall be as women: a sword upon the treasures, and they shall be scattered upon her water,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - And he shall prey upon thy power, and plunder thy substance, and shall cast down thy walls, and break down thy pleasant houses: and he shall cast thy stones and thy timber and thy dust into the midst of thy sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon the land of Egypt, and he shall take the plunder thereof, and seize the spoils thereof; and it shall be a reward for his army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:12 - to seize plunder, and to take their spoil; to turn my hands against the desolate land that is now inhabited, and against a nation that is gathered from many nations, that have acquired property, dwelling in the midst of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13 - Sabba, and Dædan, and Carthaginian merchants, and all their villages shall say to thee, Thou art come for plunder to take a prey, and to get spoils: thou hast gathered thy multitude to take silver and gold, to carry off property, to take spoils.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - and they shall not take any wood out of the field, neither shall they cut any out of the forests, but they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall plunder those that plundered them, and spoil those that spoiled them, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:11 - Therefore thus saith the Lord God; O Tyre, thy land shall be made desolate round about thee; and he shall bring down thy strength out of thee, and thy countries shall be spoiled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9 - (LXX 2:10) They plundered the silver, they plundered the gold, and there was no end of their adorning; they were loaded with it upon all their pleasant vessels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodoma, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha; and Damascus shall be left as a heap of the threshing-floor, and desolate for ever: and the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.
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