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Lexicon :: Strong's H1494 - gāzaz

Aa
גָּזַז
Transliteration
gāzaz
Pronunciation
gaw-zaz'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [akin to גּוּז (H1468)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 336

Strong’s Definitions

גָּזַז gazâz, gaw-zaz'; a primitive root (akin to H1468); to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy:—cut off (down), poll, shave, (sheep-) shear(-er).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H1494 in the following manner: shear (5x), sheepshearer (3x), shearers (3x), cut off (1x), poll (1x), shave (1x), cut down (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H1494 in the following manner: shear (5x), sheepshearer (3x), shearers (3x), cut off (1x), poll (1x), shave (1x), cut down (1x).

  1. to shear, mow

    1. (Qal)

      1. to shear

      2. shearer (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be cut off, be destroyed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּזַז gazâz, gaw-zaz'; a primitive root (akin to H1468); to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy:—cut off (down), poll, shave, (sheep-) shear(-er).
STRONGS H1494: Abbreviations
† [גָּזַז] verb shear (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic גְּזָז bdb015909, Arabic bdb015910, Assyrian derivatives) —
Qal Imperfect וַיָּ֫גָו Job 1:20; 2nd person masculine singular תָּגֹז Deuteronomy 15:19; Imperative 2nd person feminine singular גָּזִּ֫י Jeremiah 7:29, גֹּ֫זִּי Micah 1:16; Infinitive construct גְּזֹו Genesis 31:19 (E) 1 Samuel 25:2, גֹּז Genesis 38:13 (J); Participle גֹּזֵז 1 Samuel 25:4; plural גֹּזְַזִים 1 Samuel 25:7 + 2 times; construct גֹּזַזֵי Genesis 38:12; suffix גֹּזְַזָי֑ 1 Samuel 25:11, גֹּזְַזֶיהָ Isaiah 53:7; — shear sheep (object צאֹן) Genesis 31:19; Genesis 38:13; Deuteronomy 15:19; 1 Samuel 25:2, 4; compare Participle shearer (with צאן) Genesis 38:12, also גֹּזְַזֶיהָ (i.e. רָחֵל) Isaiah 53:7; absolute = sheep-shearer, 1 Samuel 25:7, 11; 2 Samuel 13:23, 24; object man's head (ראשׁוֺ) Job 1:20; of a woman's (figurative of Israel) Micah 1:16 (no object; || קרחי), (figurative of Jerusalem) Jeremiah 7:29 (object נֵזֶר which see).
Niph. נָגוֺ֫זּוּ be cut off (= destroyed) of Assyrians Nahum 1:12.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:19; 31:19; 38:12; 38:12; 38:13; 38:13

Deuteronomy

15:19; 15:19

1 Samuel

25:2; 25:2; 25:4; 25:4; 25:7; 25:7; 25:11; 25:11

2 Samuel

13:23; 13:24

Job

1:20; 1:20

Isaiah

53:7; 53:7

Jeremiah

7:29; 7:29

Micah

1:16; 1:16

Nahum

1:12

H1494

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1494 matches the Hebrew גָּזַז (gāzaz),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19 - Laban H3837 had gone H1980 to shear H1494 his flock H6629, and Rachel H7354 stole H1589 the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 that were her father’s H1.

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Now [fn]after a considerable H7235 time H3117 Shua’s H7770 daughter H1323, the wife H802 of Judah H3063, died H4191; and when [fn]the time H5162 of H5162 mourning H5162 was ended H5162, Judah H3063 went H5927 up H5927 to his sheepshearers H6629 H1494 at Timnah H8553, he and his friend H7453 Hirah H2437 the Adullamite H5726.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:13 - And Tamar H8559 was told H5046, “Behold H2009, your father-in-law H2524 is going H5927 up H5927 to Timnah H8553 to shear H1494 his sheep H6629.”

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“You shall consecrate H6942 to the LORD H3068 your God H430 all H3605 the firstborn H1060 males H2145 that are born H3205 in your herd H1241 and in your flock H6629; you shall not work H5647 with the firstborn H1060 of your herd H7794, nor H3808 shear H1494 the firstborn H1060 of your flock H6629.

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Now there was a man H376 in Maon H4584 whose business H4639 was in Carmel H3760; and the man H376 was very H3966 [fn]rich H1419, and he had three H7969 thousand H505 sheep H6629 and a thousand H505 goats H5795. And it came H1961 about H1961 while he was shearing H1494 his sheep H6629 in Carmel H3760

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:4 - that David H1732 heard H8085 in the wilderness H4057 that Nabal H5037 was shearing H1494 his sheep H6629.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:7 - ‘Now H6258 then, I have heard H8085 that you have shearers H1494. Now H6258, your shepherds H7462 have been H1961 with us; we have not harmed H3637 them, nor H3808 has anything H3972 of theirs gone H6485 missing H6485 all H3605 the days H3117 they were in Carmel H3760.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:11 - “Shall I then take H3947 my bread H3899 and my water H4325 and my meat H2878 that I have slaughtered H2873 for my shearers H1494, and give H5414 it to men H376 [fn]whose H834 origin H4480 H2088 H335 I do not know H3045?”

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Now it came H1961 about H1961 after two full H3117 years H8141 that Absalom H53 had H1961 sheepshearers H1494 in Baal-hazor H1178, which H834 is near H5973 Ephraim H669, and Absalom H53 invited H7121 all H3605 the king’s H4428 sons H1121 to celebrate.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:24 - And Absalom H53 came H935 to the king H4428 and said H559, “Behold H2009 now H4994, your servant H5650 has sheepshearers H1494; may the king H4428 and his servants H5650 please H4994 go H1980 with your servant H5650.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:20 -

Then Job H347 got H6965 up H6965, tore H7167 his robe H4598, and shaved H1494 his head H7218; then he fell H5307 to the ground H776 and worshiped H2331.

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He was oppressed H5065 and afflicted H6031,

Yet He did not open H6605 His mouth H6310;

Like a lamb H7716 that is led H2986 to slaughter H2874,

And like a sheep H7353 that is H481 silent H481 before H6440 its shearers H1494,

So He did not open H6605 His mouth H6310.

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‘Cut H1494 off H1494 [fn]your hair H5145 and throw H7993 it away H7993,

And take H5375 up H5375 a song H7015 of H7015 mourning H7015 on the bare H8205 heights H8205;

For the LORD H3068 has rejected H3988 and forsaken H5203

The generation H1755 of His wrath H5678.’

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Shave H7139 yourself bald H7139, yes, cut H1494 off H1494 your hair H1494,

Because H5921 of the children H1121 of your delight H8588;

Extend H7337 your baldness H7144 like the eagle H5404,

For they will go H1540 from you into H1540 exile H1540.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:12

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This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:

“Though H518 they are at full H8003 strength and so H3651 they are many H7227,

So H3651 also they will be cut H1494 off H1494 and pass H5674 away H5674.

Though I have afflicted H6031 you,

I will afflict H6031 you no H3808 longer H5750.

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