Strong's Hebrew · H1497

גָּזַל

gâzal · gaw-zal'

catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.

Definition

to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 30 times in Scripture

Malachi 1:13

You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.

Job 24:9

The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

Judges 21:23

The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.

Leviticus 6:4

once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,

Deuteronomy 28:31

Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.

Genesis 21:25

But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,

Genesis 31:31

“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

Leviticus 19:13

You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

Judges 9:25

The leaders of Shechem set up an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.

Deuteronomy 28:29

and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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