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Lexicon :: Strong's H1497 - gāzal

Aa
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

H1497

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:31 - And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4 - Causing sin to come on him, then he will have to give back the thing he took by force or got by cruel acts, or the goods which were put in his care or the thing he came on by chance,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - You will go feeling your way when the sun is high, like a blind man for whom all is dark, and nothing will go well for you: you will be crushed and made poor for ever, and you will have no saviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - Your ox will be put to death before your eyes, but its flesh will not be your food: your ass will be violently taken away before your face, and will not be given back to you: your sheep will be given to your haters, and there will be no saviour for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - And the townsmen of Shechem put secret watchers on the tops of the mountains, and they made attacks on all who went by on the road and took their goods; and word of this came to Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 - So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a tall man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a stick, and pulling the spear out of the hands of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a very tall man about five cubits high, armed with a spear like a cloth-worker's rod; he went down to him with a stick, and pulling his spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19 - Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 - The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 - The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 - Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10 - All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 - For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 - Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:24 - He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - O family of David, this is what the Lord has said: Do what is right in the morning, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away, or my wrath will go out like fire, burning so that no one may put it out, because of the evil of your doings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - Has done wrong to the poor and to him who is in need, and taken property by force, and has not given back to one in his debt what is his, and has given worship to images and has done disgusting things,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - Or done wrong to any, or taken anything from one in his debt, or taken goods by force, but has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18 - As for his father, because he was cruel, took goods by force, and did what is not good among his people, truly, death will overtake him in his evil-doing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2 - They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:2 - You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - And you say, See, what a weariness it is! and you let out your breath at it, says the Lord of armies; and you have given what has been cut about by beasts, and what is damaged in its feet and ill; this is the offering you give: will this be pleasing to me from your hands? says the Lord.
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