Hebrew word study

גָּזַלgâzal to pluck off

Pronounced “gaw-zal'

to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob

Translated in the King James as: catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.

Appears 30 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 2×
Genesis 21:25Genesis 31:31
Leviticus 2×
Leviticus 6:4Leviticus 19:13
Deuteronomy 2×
Deuteronomy 28:29Deuteronomy 28:31
Judges 2×
Judges 9:25Judges 21:23
2 Samuel 1×
2 Sam 23:21
1 Chronicles 1×
1 Chr 11:23
Job 4×
Job 20:19Job 24:2Job 24:9Job 24:19
Psalms 2×
Psalms 35:10Psalms 69:4
Proverbs 3×
Proverbs 4:16Proverbs 22:22Proverbs 28:24
Isaiah 1×
Isaiah 10:2
Jeremiah 2×
Jeremiah 21:12Jeremiah 22:3
Ezekiel 5×
Ezekiel 18:7Ezekiel 18:12Ezekiel 18:16Ezekiel 18:18Ezekiel 22:29
Micah 2×
Micah 2:2Micah 3:2
Malachi 1×
Malachi 1:13

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