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Lexicon :: Strong's H1494 - gāzaz

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גָּזַז
Transliteration
gāzaz
Pronunciation
gaw-zaz'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [akin to גּוּז (H1468)]
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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 Box Gen 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19 - At the time they left, Laban was some distance away, shearing his sheep. Rachel stole her father’s household idols and took them with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 - Some years later Judah’s wife died. After the time of mourning was over, Judah and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah to supervise the shearing of his sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:13 - Someone told Tamar, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:19 - “You must set aside for the LORD your God all the firstborn males from your flocks and herds. Do not use the firstborn of your herds to work your fields, and do not shear the firstborn of your flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:2 - There was a wealthy man from Maon who owned property near the town of Carmel. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats, and it was sheep-shearing time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:4 - When David heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:7 - I am told that it is sheep-shearing time. While your shepherds stayed among us near Carmel, we never harmed them, and nothing was ever stolen from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:11 - Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I’ve slaughtered for my shearers and give it to a band of outlaws who come from who knows where?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:23 - Two years later, when Absalom’s sheep were being sheared at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, Absalom invited all the king’s sons to come to a feast.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:24 - He went to the king and said, “My sheep-shearers are now at work. Would the king and his servants please come to celebrate the occasion with me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:20 - Job stood up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground to worship.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 - He was oppressed and treated harshly,
yet he never said a word.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
And as a sheep is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:29 - Shave your head in mourning, and weep alone on the mountains. For the LORD has rejected and forsaken this generation that has provoked his fury.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:16 - Oh, people of Judah, shave your heads in sorrow,
for the children you love will be snatched away.
Make yourselves as bald as a vulture,
for your little ones will be exiled to distant lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:12 - This is what the LORD says:
“Though the Assyrians have many allies,
they will be destroyed and disappear.
O my people, I have punished you before,
but I will not punish you again.
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