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Lexicon :: Strong's H962 - bāzaz

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

H962

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27 - And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29 - And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9 - The women of Midian with their little ones the children of Israel took prisoner; and all their cattle and flocks and all their goods they took for themselves;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 - Now the beasts taken, in addition to what the fighting-men took for themselves, were six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:53 - (For every man of the army had taken goods for himself in the war.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:35 - Only the cattle we took for ourselves, with the goods from the towns we had taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:7 - But we took for ourselves all the cattle and the stored wealth of the towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14 - But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - And you are to do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king: but their goods and their cattle you may take for yourselves: let a secret force be stationed to make a surprise attack on the town from the back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:27 - But the cattle and the goods from that town, Israel took for themselves, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:14 - And all the goods taken from these towns, and their cattle, the children of Israel kept for themselves; but every man they put to death without mercy, till their destruction was complete, and there was no one living.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 - And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, attacking them till the morning, till there is not a man of them living. And they said, Do whatever seems right to you. Then the priest said, Let us come near to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 - Then the people went out and took the goods from the tents of the Aramaeans. So a measure of good meal was to be had for the price of a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, as the Lord had said.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14 - And they overcame all the towns round Gerar, because the Lord sent fear on them; and they took away their goods from the towns, for there were stores of wealth in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:25 - And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their goods from them, they saw beasts in great numbers, and wealth and clothing and things of value, more than they were able to take away; all this they took for themselves, and they were three days getting it away, there was so much.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13 - But the men of the band which Amaziah sent back and did not take with him to the fight, made attacks on the towns of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, putting to death three thousand of their people and taking away a great store of their goods.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8 - And the children of Israel took away as prisoners from their brothers, two hundred thousand, women and sons and daughters, and a great store of their goods, and took them to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - And letters were sent by the runners into every division of the kingdom ordering the death and destruction of all Jews, young and old, little children and women, on the same day, even the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar, and the taking of all their goods by force.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - In these letters the king gave authority to the Jews in every town to come together and make a fight for their lives, and to send death and destruction on the power of any people in any part of the kingdom attacking them or their children or their women, and to take their goods from them by force,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:11 - Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.

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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 BoxIsa 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:6 - I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 - And they will be united in attacking the Philistines on the west, and together they will take the goods of the children of the east: their hand will be on Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon will be under their rule.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14 - In the evening there is fear, and in the morning they are gone. This is the fate of those who take our goods, and the reward of those who violently take our property for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:3 - The earth will be completely waste and without men; for this is the word of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - Your cords have become loose; they were not able to make strong the support of their sails, the sail was not stretched out: then the blind will take much property, the feeble-footed will make division of the goods of war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 - But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:24 - Who gave up Jacob to those who took away his goods, and Israel to his attackers? Did not the Lord? he against whom they did wrong, and in whose ways they would not go, turning away from his teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:5 - And more than this, I will give all the wealth of this town and all its profits and all its things of value, even all the stores of the kings of Judah will I give into the hands of their haters, who will put violent hands on them and take them away to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:16 - For this cause, all those who take you for their food will themselves become your food; and all your attackers, every one of them, will be taken prisoners; and those who send destruction on you will come to destruction; and all those who take away your goods by force will undergo the same themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:37 - A sword is on all the mixed people in her, and they will become like women: a sword is on her store-houses, and they will be taken by her attackers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - They will take by force all your wealth and go off with the goods with which you do trade: they will have your walls broken down and all the houses of your desire given up to destruction: they will put your stones and your wood and your dust deep in the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am giving the land of Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon: he will take away her wealth, and take her goods by force and everything which is there; and this will be the payment for his army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:12 - To take their property by force and go off with their goods; turning your hand against the waste places which now are peopled, and against the people who have been got together out of the nations, who have got cattle and goods for themselves, who are living in the middle of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13 - Sheba, and Dedan and her traders, Tarshish with all her traders, will say to you, Have you come to take our goods? have you got your armies together to take away our property by force? to take away silver and gold, cattle and goods, to go off with great wealth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - And they will take no wood out of the field or have any cut down in the woods; for they will make their fires of the instruments of war: and they will take by force the property of those who took their property, and go off with the goods of those who took their goods, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:11 - For this reason, says the Lord, an attacker will come, shutting in the land on every side; and your strength will come down and your great houses will be made waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9 - Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - For this cause, by my life, says the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, truly Moab will become like Sodom and the children of Ammon like Gomorrah, given up to waste plants and salt pools and unpeopled for ever: the rest of my people will take their property, the overflow of my nation will take their heritage.
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