גָּזַל
ga.zal
“to plunder”
Definition
to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob
a primitive root;
- to tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tear away, rob 1a2) to seize, plunder (with acc cognate) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be robbed 1b2) to be taken away
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
גָּזַל appears 28 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.
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“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him.You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
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