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Strong's Number H1497

גָּזַל

gazal · gaw-zal'

Transliteration:

gazal{gaw-zal'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

337

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob

Usage in the KJV:

spoil 8, take away 2, rob 4, pluck 3, caught 1, consume 1, exercised 1, force 1, pluck off 1, torn 1, violence 1

Total: 30
Occurs 30 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force
1. (Qal)
  1. to tear away, rob
  2. to seize, plunder (with acc cognate)
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be robbed
  2. to be taken away