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Strong's #1505 - גְּזַר
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- to cut, determine
- (P´al) determiner (participle)
- (Ithp´al) to be cut out
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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)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Pe. Participle active as substantive, plural absolute גָָּֽזְרִין determiners (of fate; astrologers or soothsayers) Daniel 2:27; Daniel 5:11; emphatic גָָּֽזְרַיָּא Daniel 4:4; Daniel 5:7 (compare Dr.; Arabic 
RS JPhil. xiii (1885), 781).
Hithpe`el Perfect 3 feminine singular הִתְגְּזֶרֶת Daniel 2:34 a stone was cut out, so ׳אִתְג (K§ § 23,1; 30,2) Daniel 2:45 (with מִן of source).
גְּזַר Ch.
(1) i.q. Heb. No. 1, to cut, to cut away, see Ithpeal.
(2) i.q. Heb. No. 4, to decree, to decide, to establish, specially used of fate. Part. pl. גָּֽזְרִין pr. the deciders, determiners, hence the Chaldee astrologers, who, from the position of the stars at the hour of birth, by various arts of computation and divining (Numeri Babylonii, Hor. Carm. i. 11, 2), determined the fate of individuals. Daniel 2:27, 4:4 5:7, 11. Comp. Ch. גְּזֵירָא decree, in the Rabb. used of the divine decree, fate. גַּזְרוֹן the art of casting nativities, on which comp. my Comment. on Isa. vol. ii. p. 349.
Ithpeal, to be cut off, 3 pret. fem. אִתְגְּזֶרֶת Daniel 2:45, and in the Hebrew manner, הִתְגְּזֶרֶת verse 34.
