Strong's Lexicon: H1504 גָּזַר

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1504
Word:	גָּזַר
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	13
Transliteration:	gazar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	gaw-zar'
Meaning:	1. to cut down or off 2. (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide
KJV Renderings:	cut down (off), decree, divide, snatch.

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BDB1598

גָּזַר verb cut, divide (Arabic [untranscribed source text 877], Late Hebrew גָּזַר cut, determine, circumcise; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 878] Aramaic גְּזַר, [untranscribed source text 879]) —

Qal Perfect גָּזַר Hab 3:17 Imperfect וַיִּגְזֹר Isa 9:19 2 masculine singular תִּגְזַר Job 22:28 וַיִּגְזְרוּ 2Kgs 6:4 Participle active גֹּזֵר Ps 136:13 —

1. divide, cut in two, followed by accusative 1Kgs 3:25 (לִשְׁנָ֑יִם ׳ ג) compare 1Kgs 3:26 (object not expressed).

2. divide the Red Sea (accusative) Ps 136:13 followed by לִגְזָרִים.

3. cut down הָעֵצִים 2Kgs 6:4.

4. cut off (piece of meat to eat, but object not expressed || אכל) Isa 9:19.

5. cut off, i.e. destroy, exterminate Hab 3:17 (with accusative; indefinite subject), followed by מִן local

6. decree (Aramaism, compare Biblical Aramaic) Job 22:28 with accusative

Niph`al Perfect נִגְזַר 2Chr 26:21 ; Esth 2:1 , נִגְזָ֑רְתִּי Lam 3:24, נִגְזָ֑רוּ Ps 88:6, נִגְזַרְנוּ Ezek 37:11 ; Isa 53:8 —

1. be cut off, separated, excluded from (מִן) temple 2Chr 26:21, from ( מִן) Yahweh's hand Ps 88:5 (of the slain), from (מִן) the land of the living Isa 53:8 (of the suffering servant of ׳ י).

2. be cut off = destroyed Lam 3:54 ; Ezek 37:11.

3. be decreed, Esth 2:1 followed by עַל against (compare Qal 6).

BDB9407

[גְּזַר] verb cut, (divide,) determine (so ᵑ7 Syriac, in both meanings; Biblical Hebrew usually divide, Job, Esther, decree); —

Pe. Participle active as substantive, plural absolute גָָּֽזְרִין determiners (of fate; astrologers or soothsayers) Dan 2:27; Dan 5:11 emphatic גָָּֽזְרַיָּא Dan 4:4; Dan 5:7 (compare Dr.; Arabic [untranscribed source text 5959] RS^{JPhil. xiii (1885), 781}).

Hithpe`el Perfect 3 feminine singular הִתְגְּזֶרֶת Dan 2:34 a stone was cut out, so ׳ אִתְג (K^{§ § 23, 1; 30, 2}) Dan 2:45 (with מִן of source).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גזר (gah-zar’)

Habakkuk 3:17

KJV: Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:fail: Heb. lie

EHCC: the flock shall be cut of

2 Kings 6:4

KJV: So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

EHCC: aoa oee they came to Jordan, they cut

Job 22:28

KJV: Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

EHCC: Thou shalt also decree a thing,

Psalms 136:33

EHCC: To him which divided the Red sea

2 Chronicles 26:21

KJV: And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.several: Heb. free

EHCC: for he was cut off from the

Esther 2:1

KJV: After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

EHCC: what was decreed against her.

Psalms 88:5

KJV: Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.from: or, by

EHCC: (6).they are ext off from

Isaiah 53:8

KJV: He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.from prison…: or, away by distress and judgment: but, etcwas he…: Heb. was the stroke upon him

EHCC: for he was cut off out of the land “+

Lamentations 3:54

KJV: Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

EHCC: 1 said, I am cui off.

Ezekiel 37:11

KJV: Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

EHCC: we are cut off for our parts.

Strong's Lexicon

H1504 — גָּזַר