Word Study · Strong's H1500 · Hebrew
גְּזֵלָה
gezelah
ghez-ay-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: gᵉzêlâh
“{robbery, or (concretely) plunder}”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
{robbery, or (concretely) plunder}
Rendered in the KJV as
that (he had robbed) (which he took violently away), spoil, violence.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- גְּזֵלָ֖ה1
- גְּזֵלָ֣ה1
- גְּזֵל֣וֹת1
- גְּזֵלַ֥ת1
- הַגְּזֵלָ֜ה1
- וּגְזֵלָ֖ה1
How it is rendered · 5
- robbery2
- [the] plunder of1
- and robbery1
- robberies1
- the thing robbed1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine plural1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 2
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HNcfpa · 1
- HNcfsc · 1
- HTd/Ncfsa · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 18:7גְּזֵלָ֖הgezelahnoun · feminine singularHe does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.here: robbery
- Ezekiel 18:12גְּזֵל֣וֹתgezelotnoun · feminine pluralHe oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.here: robberies
- Ezekiel 18:16וּגְזֵלָ֖הugezelahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularHe does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.here: and robbery
- Ezekiel 33:15גְּזֵלָ֣הgezelahnoun · feminine singularif he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.here: robbery