1) 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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H1497 — גָּזַל
ga.zal · to plunder · Hebrew/Aramaic
25 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 21:25 · גָּזְל֖וּBut when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,Genesis 31:31 · תִּגְזֹ֥ל“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.Leviticus 6:4 · גָּזָ֗לonce 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,Leviticus 19:13 · תִגְזֹ֑לYou must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.Deuteronomy 28:29 · וְגָז֛וּלand 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.Deuteronomy 28:31 · גָּז֣וּלYour 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.Judges 9:25 · וַיִּגְזְל֗וּThe 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.Judges 21:23 · גָּזָ֑לוּThe 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.2 Samuel 23:21 · וַיִּגְזֹ֤לHe also struck down an Egyptian, a huge man. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.1 Chronicles 11:23 · וַיִּגְזֹ֤לHe also struck down 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.Job 20:19 · גָּ֝זַ֗לFor he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.Job 24:2 · גָּ֝זְל֗וּMen move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.Job 24:9 · יִ֭גְזְלוּThe fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.Job 24:19 · יִגְזְל֥וּAs drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.Psalm 35:10 · מִגֹּזְלֽוֹ׃All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”Psalm 69:4 · גָ֝זַ֗לְתִּיThose who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.Proverbs 4:16 · וְֽנִגְזְלָ֥הFor they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.Proverbs 22:22 · תִּגְזָל־Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,Proverbs 28:24 · גּוֹזֵ֤ל׀He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.Isaiah 10:2 · וְלִגְזֹ֕לto deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.Jeremiah 21:12 · גָז֖וּלO house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.Jeremiah 22:3 · גָז֖וּלThis 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.Micah 2:2 · וְגָזָ֔לוּThey covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.Micah 3:2 · גֹּזְלֵ֤יYou hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.Malachi 1:13 · גָּז֗וּלYou 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.