H1500 - גְּזֵלָה (gᵉzêlâh)

H1500 גְּזֵלָה (gᵉzêlâh) ghez-ay-law'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

violence

Strong's Definition

{robbery, or (concretely) plunder}

Derivation: feminine of H1498 (גָּזֵל) and mean the same

KJV Usage: that (he had robbed) (which he took violently away), spoil, violence.

TWOT Reference: 337b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) plunder, spoil, robbery

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

plunder, spoil, robbery

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גְּזֵלָה gezêlâh BDB Definition: 1) plunder, spoil, robbery Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1498 Same Word by TWOT Number: 337b Total KJV Occurrences: 6

Bible Occurrences (6)

6:4

3:14

18:7 18:12 18:16 33:15

Leviticus 6:4

once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what... he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,

Isaiah 3:14

The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Ezekiel 18:7

He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

Ezekiel 18:12

He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery... and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.

Ezekiel 18:16

He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge,... or commit robbery.... He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

Ezekiel 33:15

if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity— then he will surely live...; he will not die.