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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
Dictionary Aids

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 24:3be spoiled, plundered, subject ארמנות Amos 3:11; הארץ Isaiah 24:3; הִבּוֺז תִּבּוֺז (|| הִבּוֺק תִּבּוֺק).
Pu. Perfect וּבֻזָּ֑זוּ consecutive Jeremiah 50:37be 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27 - Jacob’s sons came upon the slain and plundered H962 the city because they had defiled their sister.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29 - and they captured and plundered H962 all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives, even all that was in the houses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9 - And the sons of Israel captured the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle and all their flocks and all their goods they plundered H962.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 -

Now the loot that remained from the plunder which the [fn]men of war had plundered H962 was 675,000 sheep,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:53 - The men of war had taken H962 plunder H962, every man for himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:35 - “We took H962 only the animals as our plunder H962 and the spoil of the cities which we had captured.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:7 - “But all the animals and the spoil of the cities we took H962 as our plunder H962.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14 - “Only the women and the little ones and the animals and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you shall plunder H962 for yourself; and you shall consume the spoil of your enemies which Yahweh your God has given you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - “So you shall do to Ai and its king just as you did to Jericho and its king; you shall take H962 only its spoil and its cattle as plunder H962 for yourselves. [fn]Set an ambush for the city behind it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:27 - Israel took H962 only the cattle and the spoil of that city as plunder H962 for themselves, according to the word of Yahweh which He had commanded Joshua.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:14 - Now all the spoil of these cities and the cattle, the sons of Israel took H962 as their plunder H962; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them. They left no one remaining who breathed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 -

Then Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and take H962 spoil H962 among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them.” And they said, “Do whatever seems good in your eyes.” So the priest said, “Let us draw near to God here.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 -

So the people went out and plundered H962 the camp of the Arameans. Then a [fn]seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel and two [fn]seahs of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14 - And they struck down all the cities around Gerar, for the dread of Yahweh had fallen on them; and they plundered H962 all the cities, for there was much plunder in them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:25 - So Jehoshaphat and his people came to take H962 their spoil and found much among them, including goods, [fn]garments, and valuable things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry. And they were three days taking H962 the spoil because there was so much.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13 - But the [fn]troops whom Amaziah sent back from going with him to battle, raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck down 3,000 of them and plundered H962 much plunder.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8 -

Then the sons of Israel carried away captive of their brothers 200,000 women, sons, and daughters; and they plundered H962 also a great deal of spoil from them and brought the spoil to Samaria.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - And letters were sent by the hand of couriers to all the king’s provinces to destroy, to kill, and to cause all the Jews to perish, both young and old, little ones and women, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder H962 their spoil.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - [fn]In them the king gave the Jews who were in each and every city the right to assemble and to make a stand for their lives, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish the entire military force of any people or province which would act as their adversaries, including little ones and women, and to plunder H962 their spoil,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:11 -

Let the creditor [fn]seize all that he has,

And let strangers plunder H962 the fruit of his labor.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 -

So as to turn the poor away from their cause

And rob the afflicted of My people of their justice,

So that widows may be their spoil

And that they may plunder H962 the [fn]orphans.

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 H962 plunder,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 -

And they will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the west;

Together they will plunder H962 the sons of the east;

[fn]They will stretch out their hands over Edom and Moab,

And the sons of Ammon [fn]will obey them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14 -

At evening time, behold, there is terror!

Before morning they are no more.

[fn]Such will be the portion of those who pillage H962 us

And the lot of those who plunder H962 us.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:3 - The earth will be completely emptied to destruction and completely H962 plundered H962, for Yahweh has spoken this word.
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 H962 the plunder.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 -

But this is a people plundered H962 and pillaged as spoil;

All of them are trapped in [fn]caves,

Or are hidden away in prisons;

They have become a plunder with none to deliver them,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:24 -

Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to plunderers H962?

Was it not Yahweh, against whom we have sinned,

And in whose ways they were not willing to walk,

And whose law they did not obey?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:5 - ‘I will also give over all the wealth of this city, all the fruit of its labor, and all its precious things; even all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give over to the hand of their enemies, and they will plunder H962 them, take them away, and bring them to Babylon.
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 H962 you I will give as plunder.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:37 -

“A sword against [fn]their horses and against [fn]their chariots

And against all the [fn]foreigners who are in the midst of her,

And they will become women!

A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered H962!

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - “Also they will make a spoil of your wealth and a plunder H962 of your merchandise, and pull down your walls and tear down your desirable houses, and [fn]throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.
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 H962 her plunder; and it will be wages for his military force.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:12 - to capture spoil and to seize H962 plunder, 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.’
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 H962 plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to capture great spoil?’”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - “They will not carry wood from the field or gather firewood from the forests, for they will make fires with the weapons; and they will take the spoil of those who made them into spoil and seize H962 the plunder H962 of those who plundered H962 them,” declares Lord Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:11 -

Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh,

“An adversary, even one surrounding the land,

Will pull down your [fn]strength from you,

And your citadels will be plundered H962.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9 -

Plunder H962 the silver!

Plunder H962 the gold!

And there is no limit to the treasure

[fn]Wealth from every kind of desirable object.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 -

“Therefore, as I live,” declares Yahweh of hosts,

The God of Israel,

“Surely Moab will be like Sodom

And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah

A place possessed by nettles and salt pits,

And a perpetual desolation.

The remnant of My people will plunder H962 them,

And the remainder of My nation will inherit them.”

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