גָּזַז (gāzaz) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning shear. It appears
15 times
in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1494).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 336)
Range of meaning (TWOT 336)shear; be cut off; shave, destroy; poll, shearer
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
גָּזַזverb: shear
Qalshear sheep
Niphalbe cut off (= destroyed) of Assyrians
Strong's H1494גָּזַז: to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy KJV:cut off (down), poll, shave, (sheep-) shear(-er).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.