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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #1504 - גָּזַר

Transliteration

gâzar

Phonetics

gaw-zar'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

340

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to cut, divide, cut down, cut off, cut in two, snatch, decree
1. (Qal)
  1. to cut in two, divide
  2. to cut down
  3. to cut off, destroy, exterminate
  4. to decree
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be cut off, separated, excluded
  2. to be destroyed, cut off
  3. 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

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (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

CSB (12)

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

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

LEB (13)

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Isaiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

Habakkuk 1

LSB (21)

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 2

Esther 1

Job 1

Psalms 3

Isaiah 4

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 2

Habakkuk 2

N95 (18)

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 2

Esther 1

Job 1

Isaiah 4

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 2

Habakkuk 2

NAS (19)

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 2

Esther 1

Job 1

Psalms 3

Isaiah 4

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 2

Habakkuk 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

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

ASV (13)

and one shall snatch 1

and what was decreed against her 1

divide 1

for he was cut off 1

i am cut off 1

it shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it 1

no more, and they are cut off 1

shall be cut off 1

that he was cut off 1

they cut down 1

thou shalt also decree 1

to him that divided 1

we are clean cut off 1

BSB (13)

are cut off 2

cut 1

cut him in two 1

cut off 1

had been decreed 1

he divided 1

he was cut off 1

i was going to die 1

they began to cut down 1

they carve out 1

we are cut off 1

your decisions 1

CSB (12)

a decision 1

carve 1

cut 1

decided 1

divided 1

down 1

excluded 1

off 3

to die 1

two 1

ESV (13)

cut down 1

cut off 4

decide 1

decreed 1

divide 2

divided 1

excluded 1

lost 1

slice meat 1

KJV (13)

decree 1

decreed 1

divide 2

divided 1

down 1

off 6

snatch 1

LEB (13)

⌊we are cut off as far as we are concerned⌋.' 1

and they cut down 1

and you will decide on 1

divide 1

divide him 1

even those cut off 1

had been decreed 1

he was cut off 2

i am cut off 1

is cut off 1

they devoured 1

to him who divided 1

LSB (21)

cut 7

decided 1

decree 1

divide 2

divided 1

down 1

off 7

slice 1

N95 (18)

cut 6

decree 1

decreed 1

divide 2

down 1

off 6

slice 1

NAS (19)

cut 8

decide 1

decided 1

devour 1

disappears 1

divided 1

down 1

off 5

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (13)

and what was decreed against her 1

are cut off 1

divide 1

for he was cut off 1

i am cut off 1

one will devour 1

that he was cut off 1

they cut down 1

to him who divided 1

we are clean cut off 1

you shall also decree 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

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

V) r z c (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)

N^m) r z c (גזר GZR) - Piece: KJV (2): piece, part - Strongs: H1506 (גֶּזֶר)

N^f1) e r z c (גזרה GZRH) - I. Uninhabited:A place cut off. II. Decree:[Unknown connection to rootAramaic only] KJV (3): inhabited, decree - Strongs: H1509 (גְּזֵרָה), H1510 (גְּזֵרָה)

a^f1) e r z c m (מגזרה MGZRH) - Axe: What is used to cut something in half. KJV (1): axe - Strongs: H4037 (מַגְזֵרָה)

e^f1) e r z i c (גיזרה GYZRH) - Opposite: The place separate from an adjacent place. KJV (8): separate, polishing - Strongs: H1508 (גִּזְרָה)

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).

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

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