גָּזַז
ga.zaz
“to shear”
Definition
to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
a primitive root (akin to H1468 (גּוּז));
- to shear, mow 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shear 1a2) shearer (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be cut off, be destroyed
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
גָּזַז appears 15 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”
You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.
When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
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