Strong's Hebrew · H1497

גָּזַל

gâzal · gaw-zal'

Definitionto pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagecatch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.
Occurrences30 in the KJV · 30 verses

גָּזַל in Scripture

Genesis 21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech' s servants had violently taken away. Genesis 31:31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. Leviticus 6:4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, Leviticus 19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him : the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. Deuteronomy 28:29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee . Deuteronomy 28:31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them . Judges 9:25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech. Judges 21:23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. 2 Samuel 23:21 And he slew 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 slew him with his own spear. 1 Chronicles 11:23 And he slew 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 slew him with his own spear. Job 20:19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; Job 24:2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof .
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