גָּזַר gazar

Hebrew word for “to cut” · Strong’s H1504 · used 13 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

1) to cut, divide, cut down, cut off, cut in two, snatch, decree;

How it is translated

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

• cut off 3
• cut 2
• have been cut off 2
• cut down 1
• had been decreed 1
• may decide 1
• one who cut 1
• devoured 1
• someone cuts off 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 3 (2), 2 Kings 6 (1), 2 Chronicles 26 (1), Esther 2 (1), Job 22 (1), Psalms 88 (1), Psalms 136 (1), Isaiah 9 (1), Isaiah 53 (1), Lamentations 3 (1)

Forms

• נגזר 3
• גזרו 2
• ויגזרו 1
• ותגזר 1
• נגזרו 1
• לגזר 1
• ויגזר 1
• נגזרתי 1
• נגזרנו 1
• גזר 1

Words used with it

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

• חַי chay “alive” 3
• זָכַר zakhar “to remember” 2
• ךְ kh “you” 2
• הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 2
• אֵלֶּה elleh “these” 2
• מוּת mut “to die” 2

Key verses

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

• 1 Kings 3:26 — Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in…
• 2 Kings 6:4 — So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
• 2 Chronicles 26:21 — 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…
• Esther 2:1 — 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.
• Job 22:28 — Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
• Psalms 88:5 — 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.
• Psalms 136:13 — To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
• Isaiah 9:20 — And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of…
• Isaiah 53:8 — 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…
• Lamentations 3:54 — Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
• Ezekiel 37:11 — 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…
• Habakkuk 3:17 — 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…

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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.