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 · גָּזְל֖וּAbraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.Genesis 31:31 · תִּגְזֹ֥לJacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.’Leviticus 6:4 · גָּזָ֗לthen it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,Leviticus 19:13 · תִגְזֹ֑ל“‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.Deuteronomy 28:29 · וְגָז֛וּלand you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.Deuteronomy 28:31 · גָּז֣וּלYour ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat of it: your donkey shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have none to save you.Judges 9:25 · וַיִּגְזְל֗וּThe men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.Judges 21:23 · גָּזָ֑לוּThe children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off. They went and returned to their inheritance, built the cities, and lived in them.2 Samuel 23:21 · וַיִּגְזֹ֤לHe killed an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.1 Chronicles 11:23 · וַיִּגְזֹ֤לHe killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.Job 20:19 · גָּ֝זַ֗לFor he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.Job 24:2 · גָּ֝זְל֗וּThere are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.Job 24:9 · יִ֭גְזְלוּThere are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,Job 24:19 · יִגְזְל֥וּDrought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.Psalm 35:10 · מִגֹּזְלֽוֹ׃All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”Psalm 69:4 · גָ֝זַ֗לְתִּיThose who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.Proverbs 4:16 · וְֽנִגְזְלָ֥הFor they don’t sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.Proverbs 22:22 · תִּגְזָל־Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;Proverbs 28:24 · גּוֹזֵ֤ל׀Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, “It’s not wrong.” He is a partner with a destroyer.Isaiah 10:2 · וְלִגְזֹ֕לto deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!Jeremiah 21:12 · גָז֖וּלHouse of David, thus says Yahweh, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.Jeremiah 22:3 · גָז֖וּלThus says Yahweh: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.Micah 2:2 · וְגָזָ֔לוּThey covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.Micah 3:2 · גֹּזְלֵ֤יYou who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;Malachi 1:13 · גָּז֗וּלYou say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ and you have sniffed at it,” says Yahweh of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says Yahweh.