Strong's Lexicon

H1497

H1497 — גָּזַל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewgazalverbOccurrences: 31TWOT: 337

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1497
Word:	גָּזַל
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	31
Transliteration:	gazal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	gaw-zal'
Meaning:	1. to pluck off 2. specifically to flay, strip or rob
KJV Renderings:	catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.

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I. גָּזַל verb tear away, seize, rob (Late Hebrew id., Phoenician גזל Niph`al, Aramaic גְּזַל, [untranscribed source text 863] & (Nas.) [untranscribed source text 864]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 865] cut off) —

Qal Perfect גָּזַל Job 20:19; Ezek 18:18, גָּזָ֑ל Lev 5:23 +2 t., גָּזַלְתִּי Ps 69:5 etc.; Imperfect יִגְזֹל Ezek 18:7, וַיִּגְזֹל 2Sam 23:21; 1Chr 11:23 etc.; Infinitive גְּזֹל Isa 10:2 Participle active גּוֺזֵל Prov 28:24 suffix גֹּזְלוֺ Ps 35:10 plural construct גֹּזְלֵי Mic 3:2 passive גָּזוּל Deut 28:29 + 4 t.; — tear away, rob, with object of thing (movable), flock (עֵדֶר) Job 24:2, ass Deut 28:31, women Judg 21:23 compare Gen 31:31 ( E ), tear away orphan child from breast Job 24:9 יתום מִשֹּׁד, snatch a spear from enemy's hand 2Sam 23:21 = 1Chr 11:23 figurative of drying up snow-water Job 24:19 (object stationary) take violent possession of, well of water Gen 21:25 ( E ), house Job 20:19, fields Mic 2:2 (hyperb.) the skin Mic 3:2 with accusative of cognate meaning with verb = seize, plunder , object גְּזֵלָה Lev 5:23 ( P ) Ezek 18:7 ; Ezek 18:12 ; Ezek 18:16 , גָּזֵל Ezek 18:18; Ezek 22:29 indefinite Ps 69:5 figurative, object מִשְׁפָּט Isa 10:2 with object person robbed Ps 35:10; Prov 22:22; Prov 28:24, probably also Judg 9:25 compare Lev 19:13 ( H ; absolute); compare also passive Deut 28:29 (|| עָשׁוּק); הציל גָּזוּל מיד עושׁק Jer 21:12 compare Jer 22:3; Mal 1:13 גָּזוּל (|| פִּסֵּחַ lame and חוֺלֶה sick), probably that rescued after seizure by wild beasts, therefore mutilated.

Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular וְנִגְזְלָה, subject sleep Prov 4:16 לא || (יִשְׁנוּׅ.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גזל (gah-zal’)

Genesis 21:25

KJV: And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

EHCC: servants Aad violently taker aay.

Leviticus 6:4

KJV: Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,

EHCC: (5:23).that which Ae took violently away,

Micah 9:2

EHCC: and take (them) by violence ;

Isaiah 10:2

KJV: To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

EHCC: and to take away the right

Genesis 31:31

KJV: And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

EHCC: thow wouldest take by force

Leviticus 19:13

KJV: Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

EHCC: neither rob (bira):

Judges 9:25

KJV: And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.

EHCC: and they 1 that came

Judges 23:21

EHCC: aad plucked the spear out of 334

Job 24:9

KJV: They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

EHCC: They pluck the fatherless

Proverbs 22:22

KJV: Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

EHCC: Rob not the poor,

Ezekiel 18:7

KJV: And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

EHCC: hath spoiled none by violence,

Psalms 35:10

KJV: All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

EHCC: him that ret him?

Micah 3:9

KJV: Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

EHCC: 4 pluck off their skin

Deuteronomy 28:29

KJV: And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

EHCC: onl and spoiled

Jeremiah 21:13

KJV: Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the Lord; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress

EHCC: deliver (him that is) spoiled

Proverbs 4:16

KJV: For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

EHCC: and their sleep is taken away,

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