Strong's Lexicon

H962

H962 — בָּזַז

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

HebrewbazazverbOccurrences: 43TWOT: 225

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H962
Word:בָּזַז
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:43
Transliteration:bazaz
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:baw-zaz'
Meaning:1. to plunder
KJV Renderings:catch, gather, (take) for a prey, rob(-ber), spoil, take (away, spoil), X utterly.

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בָּזַז verb spoil, plunder (Arabic [untranscribed source text 543], Aramaic [untranscribed source text 544]; Amharic [untranscribed source text 545] perhaps Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 546] rescue PräBAS i. 33) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular וּבָזַז (consecutive) Ezek 29:19 3 plural בָּֽזְַזוּ Num 31:53 + 7 t.; בָּזָ֑זוּ Num 31:9 suffix וּבְזָזוּם consecutive Jer 20:5 1 plural בָּזַזְנוּ Deut 2:35 בַּזּוֺנוּ Deut 3:7 Imperfect 2 masculine singular תָּבֹז Deut 20:14, plural יָ֫בֹזּוּ Isa 10:2 + 2 t.; וַיָּ֫בֹזּוּ Gen 34:27 + 4 t.; suffix יְבָזּוּם Zeph 2:9 2 masculine plural תָּבֹ֫זוּ Josh 8:2 1 plural cohortative נָבֹ֫זָה 1Sam 14:36 (compare Ges«GKC:67»§ 67 R. 11); Imperative בֹּ֫זּוּ Nah 2:10 (twice in verse); Infinitive construct בֹּז Isa 10:6 + 3 t.; בּוֺז Esth 3:13; Esth 8:11 Participle active plural ˜בְֹּזַזִים Isa 42:24; 2Chr 20:25 suffix ˜בְֹּזַזַיִךְ Jer 30:16, ˜בְֹּזַזֵינוּ Isa 17:14, ˜בְֹּזַזֵיהֶם Ezek 39:10 passive בָּזוּז Isa 42:22 — spoil = take as spoil, with accusative of thing Num 31:9; Deut 2:35 (with לְ & reflexive suffix) Jer 20:5; Ezek 26:12; Nah 2:10; Ps 109:11 oftener with accusative of cognate meaning with verb, בַּז Num 31:32; Isa 10:6 (|| שָׁלַל שָׁלָל, as often) Isa 33:23; Ezek 29:19; Ezek 38:12; Ezek 38:13 בִּזָּה 2Chr 25:13 שָׁלָל Deut 3:7; Deut 20:14 (both followed by לְ with reflexive suffix) 2Chr 20:25 (twice in verse); 2Chr 28:8; Esth 3:13; Esth 8:11 בהמה & שׁלל Josh 8:2; Josh 8:27; Josh 11:14 (all followed by לְ with reflexive suffix); object person carried off (compare בַּז) Gen 34:29 ( ᵑ0 , but compare Ol); plunder, despoil, with accusative of person robbed Isa 10:2; Isa 11:14; Isa 17:14 (שׁסה) Isa 42:22 (|| id.) Zeph 2:9; Jer 30:16; Ezek 39:10 (twice in verse); with בָּהֶם (person) 1Sam 14:36 with accusative of place plundered Gen 34:27; 2Kgs 7:16; 2Chr 14:13 absolute Num 31:53; Isa 42:24.
Niph`al Perfect וְנָבֹ֫זוּ consecutive Amos 3:11 Imperfect 2 masculine singular תִּבּוֺז Isa 24:3 Infinitive absolute הִבּוֺז Isa 24:3 — be spoiled, plundered, subject ארמנות Amos 3:11 הארץ Isa 24:3 הִבּוֺז תִּבּוֺז (|| הִבּוֺק תִּבּוֺק).
Pu`al Perfect וּבֻזָּ֑זוּ consecutive Jer 50:37 — be taken as spoil, subject אוצרת.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בזז (bah-zaz’)

Numbers 31:9

KJV: And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
EHCC: took the spoil of all their cattle,

Deuteronomy 2:35

KJV: Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
EHCC: we took for a prey unto ourselves,

Deuteronomy 3:7

KJV: But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
EHCC: we took for a prey to ourselves,

Joshua 8:27

KJV: Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua.
EHCC: & 11:14,took for a prey unto themselves,

2 Chronicles 28:8

KJV: And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
EHCC: took also away much spoil

Isaiah 33:23

KJV: Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.Thy…: or, They have forsaken thy tacklings
EHCC: the lame take the prey.

Jeremiah 20:5

KJV: Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
EHCC: which shall spoil them: and take

Ezekiel 26:12

KJV: And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.thy pleasant…: Heb. houses of thy desire
EHCC: and make a prey of thy merchandise:

Ezekiel 29:19

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.take her spoil…: Heb. spoil her spoil, and prey her prey
EHCC: and take her prey; (marg. and prey her

Esther 3:13

KJV: And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
EHCC: & 8;11.the spoil of them for a prey.

Isaiah 10:6

KJV: I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.tread…: Heb. lay them a treading
EHCC: and to take the prey,

Ezekiel 38:12

KJV: To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.To take…: Heb. To spoil the spoil, and to prey the preymidst: Heb. navel
EHCC: and fo, iake a prey; (marg. fo prey the

Nahum 2:9

KJV: Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.for…: or, and their infinite store, etcpleasant…: Heb. vessels of desire
EHCC: (10). Take ye the spoil of silver, take the

Genesis 34:27

KJV: The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
EHCC: and spoiled the city,

Deuteronomy 20:14

KJV: But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.take: Heb. spoil
EHCC: shalt thou take unto thyself; (marg. spoil)

Joshua 8:2

KJV: And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
EHCC: shall ye take for a prey

2 Kings 7:16

KJV: And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.
EHCC: and spoiled the tents

2 Chronicles 14:14

KJV: And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the Lord came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
EHCC: (13).and they spoiled all the cities ;

Psalms 109:11

KJV: Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
EHCC: and let the strangers spoil

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: (that) they may rob the fatherless |

Isaiah 11:14

KJV: But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.them of: Heb. the children ofthey shall lay…: Heb. Edom and Moab shall be the laying on of their handshall obey…: Heb. their obedience
EHCC: they shall spoil them of the east

Zephaniah 2:9

KJV: Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
EHCC: my people shull spoil them,

2 Chronicles 20:25

KJV: And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
EHCC: they were three days in gatherin;

Jeremiah 30:16

KJV: Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
EHCC: all chat prey wpon thee

Isaiah 42:22

KJV: But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.they are all…: or, in snaring all the young men of themfor a spoil: Heb. a treading
EHCC: But this (is) a people robbed

Amos 3:1

KJV: Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
EHCC: l.and thy palaces shall be spoiled.

Isaiah 24:3

KJV: The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.
EHCC: and utterly spoiled:

Jeremiah 50:37

KJV: A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
EHCC: and they shall be robbed.
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