גָּזַל (ga.zal) means “to plunder” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: gaw-zal' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
גָּזַל · ga.zal · to plunder
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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a primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob
KJV glosses: catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| snatched | 2 |
| the victim of robbery | 2 |
| and committed robbery | 1 |
| and plundered | 1 |
| and seize them | 1 |
| and they robbed | 1 |
| and withhold | 1 |
| by force | 1 |
| commit | 1 |
| consume | 1 |
| from the robber | 1 |
| had seized | 1 |
| he has seized | 1 |
| he who robs | 1 |
| is snatched | 1 |
| or commit | 1 |
| rob | 1 |
| rob him | 1 |
| robbed | 1 |
| steal | 1 |
| stolen | 1 |
| that are stolen | 1 |
| they are deprived | 1 |
| they caught | 1 |
| will be taken away | 1 |
| you tear | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and plucked | 2 |
| hath spoiled | 2 |
| spoiled | 2 |
| and exercised | 1 |
| and spoiled | 1 |
| and they robbed | 1 |
| and to take away | 1 |
| by violence | 1 |
| consume | 1 |
| from him that spoileth | 1 |
| had violently taken away | 1 |
| he hath violently taken away | 1 |
| is taken away | 1 |
| neither hath spoiled | 1 |
| neither rob | 1 |
| rob | 1 |
| the spoiled | 1 |
| they pluck | 1 |
| they violently take away | 1 |
| thou wouldest take by force | 1 |
| torn | 1 |
| violently taken away | 1 |
| which he took violently away | 1 |
| which i took not away | 1 |
| who pluck off | 1 |
| whom they caught | 1 |
| whoso robbeth | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 30 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
Read word by word“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
Read word by wordonce 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,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.23
You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
Read word by wordand 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.
Read word by wordYour 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.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordHe 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.
Read word by wordHe 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.
Read word by wordFor he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
Read word by wordMen move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
Read word by wordThe fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
Read word by wordAs drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
Read word by wordAll my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
Read word by wordThose 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.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 69.5
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
Read word by wordDo not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
Read word by wordHe who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
Read word by wordto deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
Read word by wordO 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.
Read word by wordThis 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.
Read word by wordHe does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
Read word by wordHe oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
Read word by wordHe does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
Read word by wordAs for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
Read word by wordThe people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
Read word by wordThey covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
Read word by wordYou hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
Read word by wordYou 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.
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