גַּזָז
gazâz · H1494 · Hebrew · 15 occurrences
Meanings
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to shear, to shave, to cut off
Causative action by which humans cut off their hair, or the wool of a sheep or other animal
ExamplesGenesis 31:19 Laban had gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stole the household idols that were her father’s.
Genesis 38:12 Now after a considerable time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and when the time of mourning was ended, Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
Genesis 38:13 And Tamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
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to cut off
Meaning unsure; possibly: causative action by which someone removes part of a previously integrated unit
ExamplesNahum 1:12 This is what the LORD says: “Though they are at full strength and so they are many, So also they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no longer.
How it’s used In 10 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
9 occurrences in 5 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 3
- Not stated (infinitive) 3
- נָבָלfool 1
- Not stated: they 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- צֹאןflock, small cattle, sheep and goats 4
- בְּכוֹרfirstborn 1
- נֶזֶרconsecration 1
- רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ בֵּןson 1
- בin/on/with+ כַּרְמֶלnew grain 1
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- כֵּןthus 1
- לֹאnot 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- צֹאןflock, small cattle, sheep and goats 1
- נִיme 1
- הָher 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עֶבֶדservant, slave 1
- ךְyou 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- לto/for 4
- עַלon, upon, over, against 2
- בin/on/with 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- גָּדַע gâdaʻ · H1438 · to break off, to cut off, to cut down
- Both lexemes denote acts of severing or cutting, with overlapping core sense despite differing typical objects — the target is often used of shearing hair or fleece, while גדע is often used of cutting down trees or idols. This is real synonymy in the shared sense of cutting or severing.
- קָצַב qâtsab · H7094 · to cut off, to cut off from, to strip
- Both words denote cutting or shearing actions within the sphere of detaching. גַּזָז (gazâz, H1494) has a broader application (shearing sheep, shaving, polling, cutting off), while קָצַב (qâtsab, H7094), glossed "cut down, shorn," is more restricted.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- גַּזָז denotes shearing or cutting off, as in Laban shearing his flock in Genesis 31:19 and Judah shearing his sheep in Genesis 38:12-13.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1494. gazaz [גָּזַז] verb shear (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic גְּזָז , Arabic , Assyrian…
[גָּזַז] verb shear (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic גְּזָז , Arabic , Assyrian derivatives) —
Qal Imperfect וַיָּ֫גָו Job 1:20; Job 1:2masculine singular תָּגֹז Deu 15:19; Imperative2feminine singular גָּזִּ֫י Jer 7:29, גֹּ֫זִּי Mic 1:16; Infinitive construct גְּזֹו Gen 31:19 (E) 1Sa 25:2, גֹּז Gen 38:13 (J); Participle גֹּזֵז 1Sa 25:4; plural גֹּזְַזִים 1Sa 25:7 1Sa 25:2t.; construct גֹּזַזֵי Gen 38:12; suffix גֹּזְַזָי֑ 1Sa 25:11, גֹּזְַזֶיהָ Isa 53:7; — shear sheep (object צאֹן) Gen 31:19; Gen 38:13; Deu 15:19; 1Sa 25:2, 1Sa 25:4; compare Participle shearer (with צאן) Gen 38:12, also גֹּזְַזֶיהָ (i.e. רָחֵל) Isa 53:7; absolute = sheep-shearer, 1Sa 25:7, 1Sa 25:11; 2Sa 13:23-24, object man's head (ראשׁוֺ) Job 1:20; of a woman's (figurative of Israel) Mic 1:16 (no object; || קרחי), (figurative of Jerusalem) Jer 7:29 (object נֵזֶר q. v.)
Niph`al נָגוֺ֫זּוּ be cut off (= destroyed) of Assyrians Nah 1:12.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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