Word Study · Strong's H1494
גַּזָז
gazâz
“to cut off”
- 15occurrencescanonical count
- 15tagged so farloaded book by book
- 9books spannedamong tagged text
Strong's Dictionary (1890, public domain)
Definition
to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy KJV usage: cut off (down), poll, shave, (sheep-) shear(-er).
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The ledger of occurrences
Genesis3 occurrences
Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.The first tagged occurrence in Genesis.
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
All the firstling males that are born of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto Jehovah thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy herd, nor shear the firstling of thy flock.The first tagged occurrence in Deuteronomy.
1 Samuel4 occurrences
And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.The first tagged occurrence in 1 Samuel.
2 Samuel2 occurrences
And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.The first tagged occurrence in 2 Samuel.
Job1 occurrence
Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;The first tagged occurrence in Job.
Isaiah1 occurrence
He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.The first tagged occurrence in Isaiah.
Jeremiah1 occurrence
Cut off thy hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.The first tagged occurrence in Jeremiah.
Micah1 occurrence
Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.The first tagged occurrence in Micah.
Nahum1 occurrence
Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.The first tagged occurrence in Nahum.