גָּזַל gazal

Hebrew word for “to plunder” · Strong’s H1497 · used 30 times in 30 verses

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Meaning

1) to tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force;

How it is translated

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

• robbed 4
• has robbed 3
• seized 2
• seize 2
• one who robs 2
• one who has been robbed 2
• had seized 1
• should tear away 1
• will rob 1
• will be seized 1
• tore away 1
• has seized 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 18 (4), Job 24 (3), Deuteronomy 28 (2), Genesis 21 (1), Genesis 31 (1), Leviticus 6 (1), Leviticus 19 (1), Judges 9 (1), Judges 21 (1), 2 Samuel 23 (1)

Forms

• גזל 5
• גזול 4
• גזלו 3
• תגזל 3
• ויגזל 2
• יגזלו 2
• וגזלו 2
• וגזול 1
• ויגזלו 1
• מגזלו 1

Words used with it

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

• עָשַׁק ashaq “to oppress” 7
• יָנָה yanah “to oppress” 5
• עָנִי ani “afflicted” 6
• גְּזֵלָה gezelah “violence” 4
• חֲבֹל chavol “pledge” 3
• עֹשֶׁק osheq “oppression” 3
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 6
• יָתוֹם yatom “orphan” 3
• דַּל dal “poor” 3
• אֶבְיוֹן evyon “needy” 3
• גָּזֵל gazel “robbery” 2
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 4

Key verses

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

• Leviticus 19:13 — Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
• Deuteronomy 28:29 — 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…
• Job 20:19 — Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
• Psalms 35:10 — 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…
• Proverbs 4:16 — For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
• Proverbs 22:22 — Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
• Jeremiah 21:12 — O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out…
• Jeremiah 22:3 — Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the…
• Ezekiel 18:7 — 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…
• Micah 2:2 — And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
• Micah 3:2 — Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
• Malachi 1:13 — Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the…

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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.