H1498 - גָּזֵל (gâzêl)

H1498 גָּזֵל (gâzêl) gaw-zale'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

robbery

Strong's Definition

robbery, or (concretely) plunder

Derivation: from H1497 (גָּזַל);

KJV Usage: robbery, thing taken away by violence.

TWOT Reference: 337a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) robbery, something plundered

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

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STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

robbery, something plundered Also means: ge.zel (גֵּזֶל "violence" H1499)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גָּזֵל gâzêl BDB Definition: 1) robbery, something plundered Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1497 Same Word by TWOT Number: 337a Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (6)

6:2

62:10

5:8

61:8

18:18 22:29

Leviticus 6:2

If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen,... or if he extorts his neighbor

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official... is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

Isaiah 61:8

For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.

Ezekiel 18:18

As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed... his brother, and did what was wrong... among his people....

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery.... They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.