Strong's Hebrew · H1494
גַּזָז
gazâz · gaw-zaz'
Definitionto cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
Derivationa primitive root (akin to H1468 (גּוּז));
KJV usagecut off (down), poll, shave, (sheep-) shear(-er).
Occurrences15 in the KJV · 15 verses
גַּזָז in Scripture
Genesis 31:19
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father' s.
Genesis 38:12
And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah' s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
Genesis 38:13
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father -in-law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
Deuteronomy 15:19
All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
1 Samuel 25:2
And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
1 Samuel 25:4
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
1 Samuel 25:7
And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
1 Samuel 25:11
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be ?
2 Samuel 13:23
And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal -hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king' s sons.
2 Samuel 13:24
And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
Job 1:20
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
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