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 · גָּזְל֖וּAnd Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants have taken violently away,Genesis 31:31 · תִּגְזֹ֥לAnd Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, ‘Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou take violently away thy daughters from me;Leviticus 6:4 · גָּזָ֗ל‘Then it hath been, when he sinneth, and hath been guilty, that he hath returned the plunder which he hath taken violently away, or the thing which he hath got by oppression, or the deposit which hath been deposited with him, or the lost thing which he hath found;Leviticus 19:13 · תִגְזֹ֑ל‘Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till morning.Deuteronomy 28:29 · וְגָז֛וּלand thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour.Deuteronomy 28:31 · גָּז֣וּלthine ox is slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou dost not eat of it; thine ass is taken violently away from before thee, and it is not given back to thee; thy sheep are given to thine enemies, and there is no saviour for thee.Judges 9:25 · וַיִּגְזְל֗וּAnd the masters of Shechem set for him ambushes on the top of the hills, and rob every one who passeth over by them in the way, and it is declared to Abimelech.Judges 21:23 · גָּזָ֑לוּAnd the sons of Benjamin do so, and take women according to their number, out of the dancers whom they have taken violently away; and they go, and turn back unto their inheritance, and build the cities, and dwell in them.2 Samuel 23:21 · וַיִּגְזֹ֤לAnd he hath smitten the Egyptian man, a man of appearance, and in the hand of the Egyptian is a spear, and he goeth down unto him with a rod, and taketh violently away the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, and slayeth him with his own spear.1 Chronicles 11:23 · וַיִּגְזֹ֤לAnd he hath smitten the man, the Egyptian—a man of measure, five by the cubit—and in the hand of the Egyptian is a spear like a beam of weavers, and he goeth down unto him with a rod, and taketh violently away the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, and slayeth him with his own spear.Job 20:19 · גָּ֝זַ֗לFor he oppressed—he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.Job 24:2 · גָּ֝זְל֗וּThe borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.Job 24:9 · יִ֭גְזְלוּThey take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.Job 24:19 · יִגְזְל֥וּDrought—also heat—consume snow-waters, Sheol those who have sinned.Psalm 35:10 · מִגֹּזְלֽוֹ׃All my bones say, ‘Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.’Psalm 69:4 · גָ֝זַ֗לְתִּיThose hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away—I bring back.Proverbs 4:16 · וְֽנִגְזְלָ֥הFor they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not some to stumble.Proverbs 22:22 · תִּגְזָל־Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.Proverbs 28:24 · גּוֹזֵ֤ל׀Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, ‘It is not transgression,’ A companion he is to a destroyer.Isaiah 10:2 · וְלִגְזֹ֕לTo turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.Jeremiah 21:12 · גָז֖וּלO house of David, thus said Jehovah: Decide ye judgment at morning, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth as fire, And hath burned, and none is quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.Jeremiah 22:3 · גָז֖וּלThus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.Micah 2:2 · וְגָזָ֔לוּAnd they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.Micah 3:2 · גֹּזְלֵ֤יYe who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,Malachi 1:13 · גָּז֗וּלAnd ye have said, ‘Lo, what a weariness,’ And ye have puffed at it, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have brought in plunder, And the lame and the sick, And ye have brought in the present! Do I accept it from your hand? said Jehovah.