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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 Box Gen 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27 - Meanwhile, the rest of Jacob’s sons arrived. Finding the men slaughtered, they plundered the town because their sister had been defiled there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29 - They looted all their wealth and plundered their houses. They also took all their little children and wives and led them away as captives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9 - Then the Israelite army captured the Midianite women and children and seized their cattle and flocks and all their wealth as plunder.

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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 Num 31:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:53 - All the fighting men had taken some of the plunder for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:35 - We took all the livestock as plunder for ourselves, along with anything of value from the towns we ransacked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:7 - But we kept all the livestock for ourselves and took plunder from all the towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14 - But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. You may enjoy the plunder from your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - You will destroy them as you destroyed Jericho and its king. But this time you may keep the plunder and the livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the town.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:27 - Only the livestock and the treasures of the town were not destroyed, for the Israelites kept these as plunder for themselves, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:14 - And the Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of the ravaged towns for themselves. But they killed all the people, leaving no survivors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 - Then Saul said, “Let’s chase the Philistines all night and plunder them until sunrise. Let’s destroy every last one of them.”
His men replied, “We’ll do whatever you think is best.”
But the priest said, “Let’s ask God first.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 - Then the people of Samaria rushed out and plundered the Aramean camp. So it was true that five quarts of choice flour were sold that day for one piece of silver, and ten quarts of barley grain were sold for one piece of silver, just as the LORD had promised.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14 - While they were at Gerar, they attacked all the towns in that area, and terror from the LORD came upon the people there. As a result, a vast amount of plunder was taken from these towns, too.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:25 - King Jehoshaphat and his men went out to gather the plunder. They found vast amounts of equipment, clothing,[fn] and other valuables—more than they could carry. There was so much plunder that it took them three days just to collect it all!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13 - Meanwhile, the hired troops that Amaziah had sent home raided several of the towns of Judah between Samaria and Beth-horon. They killed 3,000 people and carried off great quantities of plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8 - The armies of Israel captured 200,000 women and children from Judah and seized tremendous amounts of plunder, which they took back to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - Dispatches were sent by swift messengers into all the provinces of the empire, giving the order that all Jews—young and old, including women and children—must be killed, slaughtered, and annihilated on a single day. This was scheduled to happen on March 7 of the next year.[fn] The property of the Jews would be given to those who killed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - The king’s decree gave the Jews in every city authority to unite to defend their lives. They were allowed to kill, slaughter, and annihilate anyone of any nationality or province who might attack them or their children and wives, and to take the property of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:11 - May creditors seize his entire estate,
and strangers take all he has earned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - They deprive the poor of justice
and deny the rights of the needy among my people.
They prey on widows
and take advantage of orphans.

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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 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 - They will join forces to swoop down on Philistia to the west.
Together they will attack and plunder the nations to the east.
They will occupy the lands of Edom and Moab,
and Ammon will obey them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14 - In the evening Israel waits in terror,
but by dawn its enemies are dead.
This is the just reward of those who plunder us,
a fitting end for those who destroy us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:3 - The earth will be completely emptied and looted.
The LORD has spoken!

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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 Isa 42:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:24 - Who allowed Israel to be robbed and hurt?
It was the LORD, against whom we sinned,
for the people would not walk in his path,
nor would they obey his law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:5 - And I will let your enemies plunder Jerusalem. All the famed treasures of the city—the precious jewels and gold and silver of your kings—will be carried off to Babylon.

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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 50:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:37 - The sword will strike her horses and chariots
and her allies from other lands,
and they will all become like women.
The sword will strike her treasures,
and they all will be plundered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - “They will plunder all your riches and merchandise and break down your walls. They will destroy your lovely homes and dump your stones and timbers and even your dust into the sea.

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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 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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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - They won’t need to cut wood from the fields or forests, for these weapons will give them all the fuel they need. They will plunder those who planned to plunder them, and they will rob those who planned to rob them, says the Sovereign LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:11 - Therefore,” says the Sovereign LORD,
“an enemy is coming!
He will surround them and shatter their defenses.
Then he will plunder all their fortresses.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9 - Loot the silver!
Plunder the gold!
There’s no end to Nineveh’s treasures—
its vast, uncounted wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Now, as surely as I live,”
says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,
“Moab and Ammon will be destroyed—
destroyed as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah.
Their land will become a place of stinging nettles,
salt pits, and eternal desolation.
The remnant of my people will plunder them
and take their land.”
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