Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H1498 |
|---|---|
| Word: | גָּזֵל |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H1497 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | gazel |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | gaw-zale' |
| Meaning: | 1. robbery 2. (concretely) plunder |
| KJV Renderings: | robbery, thing taken away by violence. |
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גָּזֵל noun [masculine] robbery — absolute גָּזֵל Lev 5:21 +3 t. + Ezek 18:18 compare below; construct גֵּזֶל Eccl 5:7; Ezek 18:18 (but compare below); — robbery Lev 5:21 ( P ) Ps 62:11 (|| עשֶׁק) Isa 61:8 = thing plundered, taken as plunder, as plunder, accusative of cognate meaning with verb Ezek 22:29 (גָּזַל גָּזֵל); figurative גֵּזֶל משפט = wresting of justice (compare Isa 10:2) Eccl 5:7. — Ezek 18:18 has גֵּזֶל אָח, but ᵐ5 Co strike out אח; read then גָּזֵל. — compare LagBN 172.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
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