בָּזַז
ba.zaz
“to plunder”
Definition
to plunder
a primitive root;
- to spoil, plunder, prey upon, seize 1a) (Qal) to spoil, plunder, despoil 1b) (Niphal) to be spoiled, plundered 1c) (Pual) to be taken as spoil
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
בָּזַז appears 37 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!”“Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”
But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.
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In the evening, there is sudden terror!Before morning, they are no more!This is the portion of those who loot usand the lot of those who plunder us.
A sword is against her horses and chariotsand against all the foreigners in her midst,and they will become like women.A sword is against her treasuries,and they will be plundered.
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