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Strong's #1504 - גָּזַר

Transliteration
gâzar
Phonetics
gaw-zar'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
Verb
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to cut, divide, cut down, cut off, cut in two, snatch, decree

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to cut in two, divide

1a2) to cut down

1a3) to cut off, destroy, exterminate

1a4) to decree

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) to be cut off, separated, excluded

1b2) to be destroyed, cut off

1b3) to be decreed

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 142 ‑ αἴρω (ah'ee‑ro);  1244 ‑ διαιρέω (dee‑ahee‑reh'‑o);  1578 ‑ ἐκκλίνω (ek‑klee'‑no);  1587 ‑ ἐκλείπω (ek‑li'‑po);  683 ‑ ἀπωθέω (ap‑o‑theh'‑om‑ahee, ap‑o'‑thom‑ahee);  2632 ‑ κατακρίνω (kat‑ak‑ree'‑no);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (13)
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Esther 1
Job 1
Psalms 2
Isaiah 2
Lamentations 1
Ezekiel 1
Habakkuk 1
NAS (21)
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 2
2 Chronicles 2
Esther 1
Job 1
Psalms 3
Isaiah 4
Lamentations 2
Ezekiel 2
Habakkuk 2
HCS (13)
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Esther 1
Job 1
Psalms 2
Isaiah 2
Lamentations 1
Ezekiel 1
Habakkuk 1
BSB (13)
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Esther 1
Job 1
Psalms 2
Isaiah 2
Lamentations 1
Ezekiel 1
Habakkuk 1
ESV (13)
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Esther 1
Job 1
Psalms 2
Isaiah 2
Lamentations 1
Ezekiel 1
Habakkuk 1
WEB (13)
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Esther 1
Job 1
Psalms 2
Isaiah 2
Lamentations 1
Ezekiel 1
Habakkuk 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2061) rzc (גזר GZR) AC: Cut CO: Axe AB: ?: A cutting or separation into two or more pieces. [from: zc- cutting]

V) rzc (גזר GZR) - Cut: To separate by cutting or removing. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (19): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Participle) cut, divide, decree, snatch - Strongs: H1504 (גָּזַר), H1505 (גְּזַר)

Nm) rzc (גזר GZR) - Piece: KJV (2): piece, part - Strongs: H1506 (גֶּזֶר)

Nf1) erzc (גזרה GZRH) - I. Uninhabited:A place cut off. II. Decree:[Unknown connection to rootAramaic only] KJV (3): inhabited, decree - Strongs: H1509 (גְּזֵרָה), H1510 (גְּזֵרָה)

af1) erzcm (מגזרה MGZRH) - Axe: What is used to cut something in half. KJV (1): axe - Strongs: H4037 (מַגְזֵרָה)

ef1) erzic (גיזרה GYZRH) - Opposite: The place separate from an adjacent place. KJV (8): separate, polishing - Strongs: H1508 (גִּזְרָה)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 גָּזַר verb cut, divide (Arabic , Late Hebrew גָּזַר cut, determine, circumcise; Ethiopic Aramaic גְּזַר, ) —

Qal Perfect גָּזַר Habakkuk 3:17; Imperfect וַיִּגְזֹר Isaiah 9:19; 2 masculine singular תִּגְזַר Job 22:28; וַיִּגְזְרוּ 2 Kings 6:4; Participle active גֹּזֵר Psalm 136:13; —

1 divide, cut in two, followed by accusative 1 Kings 3:25 (לִשְׁנָ֑יִם׳ג) compare 1 Kings 3:26 (object not expressed).

2 divide the Red Sea (accusative) Psalm 136:13 followed by לִגְזָרִים.

3 cut down הָעֵצִים 2 Kings 6:4.

4 cut off (piece of meat to eat, but object not expressed "" אכל) Isaiah 9:19.

5 cut off, i.e. destroy, exterminate Habakkuk 3:17 (with accusative; indefinite subject), followed by מִן local

6 decree (Aramaism, compare Biblical Aramaic) Job 22:28 with accusative

Niph`al Perfect נִגְזַר 2 Chronicles 26:21; Esther 2:1, נִגְזָ֑רְתִּי Lamentations 3:24, נִגְזָ֑רוּ Psalm 88:6, נִגְזַרְנוּ Ezekiel 37:11; Isaiah 53:8; —

1 be cut off, separate, excluded from (מִן) temple 2 Chronicles 26:21, from (מִן) Yahweh's hand Psalm 88:5 (of the slain), from (מִן) the land of the living Isaiah 53:8 (of the suffering servant of ׳י).

2 be cut off = destroyed Lamentations 3:54; Ezekiel 37:11.

3 be decreed, Esther 2:1 followed by עַל against (compare Qal 6).


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

גָּזַר fut. יִגְזֹר (see No. 3), and יִגְזַר (No. 4).

(1) to cut, to divide, 1 Kings 3:25, 26 1 Kings 3:26; Psalms 136:13. (Arab. جَزَرَ to cut off; Syr. ܓܙܪܰ to cut away, around. Comp. the remark on גָּזַז, גָּדַד. Especially related are קָצַר, כָּזַר, كسر; and with the letters transposed, גָּרַז, קָרַץ, כָּרַת.)

(2) to cut down wood, 2 Kings 6:4. See מַגְזֵרָה, and גַּרְזֶן an axe, from the kindred גָּרַז.

(3) to eat up, to devour, from the idea of cutting food, see בָּרָא No. 4, and בָּרָה No. 2. So fut. O. Isaiah 9:19, used there of the slaughter of war. Arab. جرز to eat quickly, to slaughter, to kill.

(4) to decree, to decide, to constitute, fut. A. Job 22:28 as גְּזַר, ܓܙܰܪ in Chaldee and Syriac, compare גְּזֵרָה.

(5) intrans. to cut off, to fail. Habakkuk 3:17, גָּזַר מִמִּכְלָה צאֹן “the sheep fail in the folds.” LXX. ἐξέλιπεν πρόβατα. (Arabic جزر specially used of water decreasing.)

Niphal

(1) pass. of Kal No. 4, to be decreed, Esther 2:1.

(2) to be separated, excluded [cut off]. 2 Chronicles 26:21, כִּי נִנְזַר מִבֵּית יְהֹוָה “for he was excluded from the house of God.” Isaiah 53:8, כִּי נִגְזַר מֵאֶרֶץ חַיִּים “he was excluded [cut off] from the land of the living.” Psalms 88:6.

(3) to be taken away [cut off], to perish, Lamentations 3:54. With a dat. pleon. Ezekiel 37:11, נִגְזַרְנוּ לָנוּ “we are lost.” (Arab. جَرَزَةُ calamity, destruction.)

Derivatives follow, except מַגְזֵרָה.


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List of Word Forms
גְּזֹֽרוּ׃ גִּזְר֛וּ גָּזַ֤ר גזר גזרו גזרו׃ וְֽתִגְזַר־ וַֽיִּגְזְר֖וּ וַיִּגְזֹ֤ר ויגזר ויגזרו ותגזר־ לְגֹזֵ֣ר לגזר נִגְזַ֖ר נִגְזַ֥רְנוּ נִגְזַר֙ נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ נִגְזָֽרוּ׃ נגזר נגזרו׃ נגזרנו נגזרתי׃ gā·zar gaZar gāzar gə·zō·rū geZoru gəzōrū giz·rū gizRu gizrū lə·ḡō·zêr legoZer ləḡōzêr niḡ·zā·rə·tî niḡ·zā·rū niḡ·zar niḡ·zar·nū nigZar niḡzar nigZareti niḡzārətî nigZarnu niḡzarnū nigZaru niḡzārū vaiyigzeRu vaiyigZor vetigzar way·yiḡ·zə·rū way·yiḡ·zōr wayyiḡzərū wayyiḡzōr wə·ṯiḡ·zar- wəṯiḡzar-
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