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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

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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 - “And why is Yahweh bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder H957; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:31 - ‘Your little ones, however, who you said would become plunder H957—I will bring them in, so that they will know the land which you have rejected.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 -

Now the loot that remained from the plunder H957 which the [fn]men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:39 - ‘Moreover, your little ones who you said would become plunder H957, and your sons, who this day have no knowledge of good or evil, shall enter there, and I will give it to them, and they shall possess it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:14 - ‘And I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and give them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder H957 and spoil to all their enemies;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:6 -

I send it against a godless nation

And command it against the people of My fury

To capture spoil and to seize plunder H957,

And to [fn]trample them down like mud in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 -

Your cords hang slack;

They cannot hold the base of their mast firmly,

Nor spread out the sail.

Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;

The lame will take the plunder H957.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 -

But this is a people plundered and pillaged as spoil;

All of them are trapped in [fn]caves,

Or are hidden away in prisons;

They have become a plunder H957 with none to deliver them,

And a spoil, with none to say, “Have them return!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:14 -

“Is Israel a slave? Or is he a homeborn slave?

Why has he become plunder H957?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:13 -

“Your wealth and your treasures

I will give for plunder H957 without cost,

Even for all your sins

And within all your borders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:3 -

O mountain of Mine in the countryside,

I will give over your wealth and all your treasures for plunder H957,

Your high places for sin throughout your borders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:16 -

‘Therefore all who devour you will be devoured;

And all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity;

And those who take you as spoil will be spoil,

And all who plunder you I will give as plunder H957.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:32 -

“Their camels will become plunder H957,

And their many cattle for spoil,

And I will scatter to all the winds those who cut the corners of their hair;

And I will bring their [fn]disaster from every side,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:21 - ‘I will give it into the hands of the foreigners as plunder H957 and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:46 -

“For thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Bring up an assembly against them and give them over to terror and plunder H957.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:7 - therefore, behold, I have stretched out My hand against you, and I will give you for plunder H957 to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands; I will destroy you. Thus you will know that I am Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:5 - ‘She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ declares Lord Yahweh, ‘and she will become plunder H957 for the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her [fn]abundance and capture her spoil and seize her plunder H957; and it will be wages for his military force.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - “As I live,” declares Lord Yahweh, “surely because My flock has become plunder H957, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not seek for My flock, but rather the shepherds shepherded themselves and did not shepherd My flock;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:22 - therefore, I will save My flock, and they will no longer be plunder H957; and I will judge between one sheep and another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:28 - “They will no longer be plunder H957 to the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not devour them; but they will live securely, and no one will make them tremble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:4 - ‘Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of Lord Yahweh. Thus says Lord Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the forsaken cities which have become plunder H957 and objects of scoffing to the rest of the nations which are round about,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5 - therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave My land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted gladness and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for plunder H957.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:12 - to capture spoil and to seize plunder H957, to turn your hand against the waste places, which are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired cattle and property, who live at the [fn]center of the world.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13 - “Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its [fn]young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to capture spoil? Have you assembled your assembly to seize plunder H957, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to capture great spoil?’”’
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