גָּזֵל
gāzēl
robbery
Strong's H1498NounHebrewTWOT 337a

גָּזֵל (gāzēl) is a Hebrew noun meaning robbery. It appears 4 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1498).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 337a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 337a)robbery; plunder; thing taken away by violence
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

גָּזֵל noun, masculine: robbery

Strong's H1498 גָּזֵל: robbery, or (concretely) plunder
KJV:robbery, thing taken away by violence.

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.

Root family 337: גָּזַל gāzal — tear away, seize, rob; sleep; pluck off, flay, strip; catch, consume, exercise, pluck, spoil, take away, tear

See it in Scripture

Isaiah 61:8Ezekiel 22:29

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