1497 – גָּזַל (gazal)

to plunder

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	גָּזַל (gazal)
Pronunciation:	ga-zal    Listen
Gematria:	40(3 + 7 + 30)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	30 times in OT

Description

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

Synonyms

גָּזַל	gazal		H1497	(30 ggr)	to plunder
בָּזַז	bazaz		H0962	(43 ggr)	to plunder
גָּנַב	ganav		H1589	(40 ggr)	to steal
נָשָׁא	nasha		H5378	(4 ggr)	to exact
פָּשַׁט	pashat		H6584	(43 ggr)	to strip
קָבַע	qava		H6906	(6 ggr)	to rob
שָׁלַל	shalal		H7997b	(14 ggr)	to loot
שָׁסָה	shasah		H8154	(11 ggr)	to plunder
שָׁסַס	shasas		H8155	(6 ggr)	to plunder

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with gazal as root:

גּוֹזָל	gozal	H1469	young bird
גָּזֵל	gazel	H1498	robbery
גֵּזֶל	gezel	H1499	violence

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word gazal was translated to the following:

ἁρπάζω	harpazo	G0726	catch up
ἀφαιρέω	aphaireo	G0851	take away
διαρπάζω	diarpazo	G1283	spoil

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