גָּזַז gazaz

Hebrew word for “to shear” · Strong’s H1494 · used 15 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

1) to shear, mow; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to shear; 1a2) shearer (participle); 1b) (Niphal) to be cut off, be destroyed

How it is translated

Glosses given for gazaz in context, with how often each is used:

• shearers 6
• shear 3
• will shear 1
• when sheared 1
• shearing 1
• shaved 1
• cut off 1
• will be cut down 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 25 (4), Genesis 38 (2), 2 Samuel 13 (2), Genesis 31 (1), Deuteronomy 15 (1), Job 1 (1), Isaiah 53 (1), Jeremiah 7 (1), Micah 1 (1), Nahum 1 (1)

Forms

• גזזים 3
• לגזז 1
• גזזי 1
• לגז 1
• תגז 1
• בגזז 1
• גזז 1
• לגזזי 1
• ויגז 1
• גזזיה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with gazaz more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• צֹאן tson “flock” 6
• תִּמְנָה timnah “Timnah” 2
• כַּרְמֶל karmel “Carmel” 2
• עָנָה anah “to afflict” 2
• אֲבִישָׁלוֹם avishalom “Absalom” 2
• עִם im “with” 3
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 2
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 2
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 2
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 2

Key verses

The verses using gazaz that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 31:19 — And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
• Genesis 38:12 — And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah…
• Deuteronomy 15:19 — All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy…
• 1 Samuel 25:2 — And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was…
• 1 Samuel 25:7 — And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while…
• 1 Samuel 25:11 — Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
• 2 Samuel 13:23 — And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
• Job 1:20 — Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
• Isaiah 53:7 — He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so…
• Jeremiah 7:29 — Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his…
• Micah 1:16 — Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
• Nahum 1:12 — Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.