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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 - But Abraham H85 [fn]complained H3198 to Abimelech H40 because H5921 H182 of the well H875 of water H4325 which H834 the servants H5650 of Abimelech H40 had seized H1497.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:31 - Then Jacob H3290 replied H6030 to Laban H3837, “Because H3588 I was H3372 afraid H3372, for I thought H559 that you would take H1497 your daughters H1323 from me by H1497 force H1497.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4 - then it shall be, when H3588 he sins H2398 and becomes H816 guilty H816, that he shall restore H7725 what H834 he took H1497 by H1497 robbery H1497 or H176 acquired H6231 by extortion H6233, or H176 the deposit H6487 which H834 was [fn]entrusted H6485 to him, or H176 the lost H9 property H9 which H834 he found H4672,

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‘You shall not oppress H6231 your neighbor H7453, nor H3808 rob H1497 him. The wages H6468 of a hired H7916 worker H7916 are not to remain H3885 with you all H3885 night H3885 until H5704 morning H1242.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - and you will be groping H4959 about H4959 at noon H6672, just H834 as H834 a person H5787 who is blind H5787 gropes H4959 in the darkness H653, and you will not be H6743 successful H6743 in your ways H1870; but you will only H389 be [fn]oppressed H6231 and robbed H1497 all H3605 the time H3117, with no H369 one H369 to save H3467 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - “Your ox H7794 will be slaughtered H2873 before your eyes H5869, but you will not eat H398 of it; your donkey H2543 will be snatched H1497 away H1497 from you, and will not [fn]be restored H7725 to you; your [fn]sheep H6629 will be given H5414 to your enemies H340, and you will have H369 no H369 one H369 to save H3467 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - The [fn]leaders H1167 of Shechem H7927 set H7760 up H7760 men H693 in H693 ambush H693 against him on the tops H7218 of the mountains H2022, and they robbed H1497 everyone H3605 who H834 would pass H5674 by them on the road H1870; and it was reported H5046 to Abimelech H40.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 - The sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 did H6213 so H3651, and took H5375 wives H802 according to their number H4557 from those who danced H2342, whom H834 they seized H1497. And they went H1980 and returned H7725 to their inheritance H5159, and rebuilt H1129 the cities H5892 and lived H3427 in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - And he [fn]killed H5221 an Egyptian H4713, [fn]an impressive H4758 man H376. Now the Egyptian H4713 had a spear H2595 in his hand H3027, but he went H3381 down H3381 to him with a club H7626 and snatched H1497 the spear H2595 from the Egyptian’s H4713 hand H3027, and killed H2026 him with his own spear H2595.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - And he killed H5221 an Egyptian H4713, a man H376 of great stature H4060 [fn]five H2568 cubits H520 tall. Now in the Egyptian’s H4713 hand H3027 was a spear H2595 like a weaver’s H707 beam H4500, but he went H3381 down H3381 to him with a club H7626 and snatched H1497 the spear H2595 from the Egyptian’s H4713 hand H3027 and killed H2026 him with his own spear H2595.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19 -

“For he has oppressed H7533 and neglected H5800 the poor H1800;

He has seized H1497 a house H1004 which he has not built H1129.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 -

“People remove H5472 landmarks H1367;

They seize H1497 and [fn]devour H7462 flocks H5739.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 -

“Others snatch H1497 an orphan H3490 from the breast H7699,

And they seize H2254 it as H2254 a H2254 pledge H2254 against H5921 the poor H6041.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 -

“Dryness H6723 and heat H2527 snatch H1497 away H1497 the snow H7950 waters H4325,

As [fn]Sheol H7585 snatches those who have sinned H2398.

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All H3605 my bones H6106 will say H559, “LORD H3068, who H4310 is like H3644 You,

Who rescues H5337 the afflicted H6041 from one who is too H4480 strong H2389 for him,

And the afflicted H6041 and the poor H34 from one who robs H1497 him?”

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Those who hate H8130 me without H2600 a cause H2600 are H7231 more H7231 than H4480 the hairs H8185 of my head H7218;

Those who would [fn]destroy H6789 me are H6105 powerful H6105, those who oppose H340 me with lies H8267;

What H834 I did not steal H1497, I then H227 have to restore H7725.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 -

For they cannot H3808 sleep H3462 unless H518 H3808 they do H7489 evil H7489;

And [fn]they are robbed H1497 of sleep H8142 unless H518 H3808 they make someone stumble H3782.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 -

Do not rob H1497 the poor H1800 because H3588 he is poor H1800,

Nor H408 crush H1792 the needy H6041 at the gate H8179;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:24 -

He who robs H1497 his father H1 or his mother H517

And says H559, “There H369 is H369 no H369 wrong H6588 done H6588,”

Is the companion H2270 of a person H376 who destroys H7843.

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So as to [fn]deprive H5186 the needy H1800 of justice H1779

And rob H1497 the poor H6041 among My people H5971 of their rights H4941,

So that widows H490 may be their spoil H7998

And that they may plunder H962 the [fn]orphans H3490.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - house H1004 of David H1732, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:

“Administer H1777 justice H4941 [fn]every morning H1242;

And save H5337 the person who has been robbed H1497 from the [fn]power H3027 of his oppressor H6231,

So H6435 that H6435 My wrath H2534 will not H6435 spread H3318 like fire H784

And burn H1197, with no H369 one H369 to extinguish H3518 it,

Because H4480 H6440 of the evil H7455 of their deeds H4611.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Do H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness H6666, and save H5337 one who has been robbed H1497 from the power H3027 of his oppressor H6216. And do not mistreat H3238 or do H2554 violence H2554 to the stranger H1616, the orphan H3490, or the widow H490; and do not shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 in this H2088 place H4725.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - and if a man H376 does not oppress H3238 anyone, but restores H7725 to the debtor H2326 his pledge H2258, does not commit H1497 robbery H1500, but gives H5414 his bread H3899 to the hungry H7457 and covers H3680 the naked H5903 with clothing H899,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - oppresses H3238 the poor H6041 and needy H34, commits H1497 robbery H1500, does not restore H7725 a pledge H2258, but raises H5375 his eyes H5869 to the idols H1544 and commits H6213 abomination H8441,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - nor oppressed H3238 anyone H376, nor retained H2254 a pledge H2258, nor committed H1497 robbery H1500; instead, he gives H5414 his bread H3899 to the hungry H7457 and covers H3680 the naked H5903 with clothing H899,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18 - “As for his father H1, because H3588 he practiced H6231 extortion H6233, robbed H1497 his brother H251, and did H6213 what H834 was not good H2896 among H8432 his people H5971, behold H2009, he will die H4191 for his guilt H5771.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - “The people H5971 of the land H776 have practiced H6231 extortion H6233 and committed H1497 robbery H1498, and they have oppressed H3238 the poor H6041 and needy H34, and have oppressed H6231 the stranger H1616 without H3808 justice H4941.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2 -

They covet H2530 fields H7704, so they seize H1497 them;

And houses H1004, so they take H5375 them.

They [fn]exploit H6231 a man H1397 and his house H1004,

A person H376 and his inheritance H5159.

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“You who hate H8130 good H2896 and love H157 evil H7451,

Who tear H1497 off H1497 their skin H5785 from them

And their flesh H7607 from their bones H6106,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - “You also say H559, ‘See H2009, [fn]how H4100 tiresome H8513 it is!’ And you view H5301 it as H5301 trivial H5301,” says H559 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, “and you bring H935 what was taken H1497 by H1497 robbery H1497 and what is lame H6455 or sick H2470; so you bring H935 the offering H4503! Should I accept H7521 it from your hand H3027?” says H559 the LORD H3068.
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