Strong's Definition
a primitive root (akin to 1468); to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
KJV Usage: cut off (down), poll, shave, ((sheep-)) shear(-er)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
גָּזַז (ga.zaz) — to shear. 1) to shear, mow 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shear 1a2) shearer (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be cut off, be destroyed
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · גֵּז · גִּזָּה · גָּזֵז
Detach | verb qal
to shear, to shave, to cut off = causative action by which humans cut off their hair, or the wool of a sheep or other animal
GEN 31:19 · GEN 38:12 · GEN 38:13 · DEU 15:19 · 1SA 25:2 · 1SA 25:4 · 1SA 25:7 · 1SA 25:11 · 2SA 13:23 · 2SA 13:24 · JOB 1:20 · ISA 53:7 · JER 7:29 · MIC 1:16 · NAM 1:12
Detach | verb nif
to cut off meaning unsure; possibly: = causative action by which someone removes part of a previously integrated unit
1 NAM 1:12 RSV NIV NRSV "be cut off" NJB CEV "be cut down" GNT "be destroyed" | NJPS "are ... over" REB "pass away" = גוז
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[גָּזַז] vb. shear Qal shear sheep
Niph. be cut off (= destroyed) of Assyrians
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