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Lexicon :: Strong's H1497 - gāzal

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גָּזַל
Transliteration
gāzal
Pronunciation
gaw-zal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 337

Strong’s Definitions

גָּזַל gâzal, gaw-zal'; a primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob:—catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H1497 in the following manner: spoil (8x), take away (8x), rob (4x), pluck (3x), caught (1x), consume (1x), exercised (1x), force (1x), pluck off (1x), torn (1x), violence (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H1497 in the following manner: spoil (8x), take away (8x), rob (4x), pluck (3x), caught (1x), consume (1x), exercised (1x), force (1x), pluck off (1x), torn (1x), violence (1x).
  1. to tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force

    1. (Qal)

      1. to tear away, rob

      2. to seize, plunder (with acc cognate)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be robbed

      2. to be taken away

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּזַל gâzal, gaw-zal'; a primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob:—catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.
STRONGS H1497: Abbreviations
† I. גָּזַל verb tear away, seize, rob (Late Hebrew id., Phoenician גזל Niph., Aramaic גְּזַל, bdb015914 & (Nas.) bdb015915; Arabic bdb015916 cut off) —
Qal Perfect גָּזַל Job 20:19; Ezekiel 18:18, גָּזָ֑ל Leviticus 5:23 + 2 times, גָּזַלְתִּי Psalm 69:5 etc.; Imperfect יִגְזֹל Ezekiel 18:7, וַיִּגְזֹל 2 Samuel 23:21; 1 Chronicles 11:23 etc.; Infinitive גְּזֹל Isaiah 10:2; Participle active גּוֺזֵל Proverbs 28:24; suffix גֹּזְלוֺ Psalm 35:10; plural construct גֹּזְלֵי Micah 3:2; passive גָּזוּל Deuteronomy 28:29 + 4 times; — tear away, rob, with object of thing (movable), flock (עֵדֶר) Job 24:2, ass Deuteronomy 28:31, women Judges 21:23 compare Genesis 31:31 (E), tear away orphan child from breast Job 24:9 יתום מִשֹּׁד, snatch a spear from enemy's hand 2 Samuel 23:21 = 1 Chronicles 11:23; figurative of drying up snow-water Job 24:19; (object stationary) take violent possession of, well of water Genesis 21:25 (E), house Job 20:19, fields Micah 2:2; (hyperb.) the skin Micah 3:2; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb = seize, plunder, object גְּזֵלָה Leviticus 5:23 (P) Ezekiel 18:7, 12, 16, גָּזֵל Ezekiel 18:18; Ezekiel 22:29; indefinite Psalm 69:5; figurative, object מִשְׁפָּט Isaiah 10:2; with object person robbed Psalm 35:10; Proverbs 22:22; Proverbs 28:24, probably also Judges 9:25 compare Leviticus 19:13 (H; absolute); compare also passive Deuteronomy 28:29 (|| עָשׁוּק); הציל גָּזוּל מיד עושׁק Jeremiah 21:12; compare Jeremiah 22:3; Malachi 1:13 גָּזוּל (|| פִּסֵּחַ lame and חוֺלֶה sick), probably that rescued after seizure by wild beasts, therefore mutilated.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular וְנִגְזְלָה, subject sleep Proverbs 4:16 לא || (יִֽֽֽשְׁנוּׅ.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:25; 31:31

Leviticus

19:13

Deuteronomy

28:29; 28:29; 28:31

Judges

9:25; 21:23

2 Samuel

23:21; 23:21

1 Chronicles

11:23; 11:23

Job

20:19; 20:19; 24:2; 24:9; 24:19

Psalms

35:10; 35:10; 69:5; 69:5

Proverbs

4:16; 22:22; 28:24; 28:24

Isaiah

10:2; 10:2

Jeremiah

21:12; 22:3

Ezekiel

18:7; 18:7; 18:12; 18:16; 18:18; 18:18; 22:29

Micah

2:2; 3:2; 3:2

Malachi

1:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1497 matches the Hebrew גָּזַל (gāzal),
which occurs 30 times in 30 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - But Abraham [fn]complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized. H1497
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:31 - Then Jacob replied to Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I thought that you would take H1497 your daughters from me by force. H1497
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4 - then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall restore what he took H1497 by robbery H1497 or what he got by extortion, or the deposit which was [fn]entrusted to him or the lost thing which he found,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - ‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob H1497 him. The wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - and you will [fn]grope at noon, as the blind man gropes in darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed and robbed H1497 continually, with none to save you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - “Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat of it; your donkey shall be torn H1497 away H1497 from you, and will not be restored to you; your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you will have none to save you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - The men of Shechem set [fn]men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed H1497 all who might pass by them along the road; and it was told to Abimelech.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 - The sons of Benjamin did so, and took wives according to their number from those who danced, whom they carried H1497 away. H1497 And they went and returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the cities and lived in them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - He [fn]killed an Egyptian, [fn]an impressive man. Now the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but he went down to him with a club and snatched H1497 the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - He [fn]killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature five [fn]cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched H1497 the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and [fn]killed him with his own spear.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19 - “For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor;
He has seized H1497 a house which he has not built.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 - [fn]Some remove the landmarks;
They seize H1497 and [fn]devour flocks.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 - [fn]Others snatch H1497 the orphan from the breast,
And against the poor they take a pledge.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 - “Drought and heat [fn]consume H1497 the snow waters,
So does [fn]Sheol those who have sinned.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10 - All my bones will say, “LORD, who is like You,
Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him,
And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs H1497 him?”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would [fn]destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;
What I did not steal, H1497 I then have to restore.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 - For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And [fn]they are robbed H1497 of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 - Do not rob H1497 the poor because he is poor,
Or crush the afflicted at the gate;
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:24 - He who robs H1497 his father or his mother
And says, “It is not a transgression,”
Is the companion of a man who destroys.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - So as to [fn]deprive the needy of justice
And rob H1497 the poor of My people of their rights,
So that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the [fn]orphans.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - O house of David, thus says the LORD:
“Administer justice [fn]every morning;
And deliver the person who has been robbed H1497 from the [fn]power of his oppressor,
That My wrath may not go forth like fire
And burn with none to extinguish it,
Because of the evil of their deeds.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘Thus says the LORD, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed H1497 from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit H1497 robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - oppresses the poor and needy, commits H1497 robbery, does not restore a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits abomination,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - or oppress anyone, or retain a pledge, or commit H1497 robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18 - “As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed H1497 his brother and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his iniquity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - “The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed H1497 robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2 - They covet fields and then seize H1497 them,
And houses, and take them away.
They [fn]rob a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:2 - “You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear H1497 off H1497 their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - “You also say,[fn]My, how tiresome it is!’ And you disdainfully sniff at it,” says the LORD of hosts, “and you bring what was taken H1497 by robbery H1497 and what is lame or sick; so you bring the offering! Should I receive that from your hand?” says the LORD.
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