Word Study · Strong's H1498 · Hebrew
גָּזֵל
gazel
gaw-zale'
Strong's 1890 spelling: gâzêl
“robbery, or (concretely) plunder”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
robbery, or (concretely) plunder
Rendered in the KJV as
robbery, thing taken away by violence.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- בְגָזֵ֔ל1
- גֵּ֣זֶל1
- גָזֵ֖ל1
- גָּזֵ֑ל1
- וּבְגָזֵ֪ל1
- וְגֵ֨זֶל1
How it is rendered · 5
- robbery2
- and in robbery1
- and robbery of1
- in a robbery1
- robbery of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HC/R/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ezekiel2 of 6 · 33%
- Leviticus1 of 6 · 17%
- Psalms1 of 6 · 17%
- Ecclesiastes1 of 6 · 17%
- Isaiah1 of 6 · 17%
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Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 18:18גֵּ֣זֶלgezelnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.here: robbery of
- Ezekiel 22:29גָּזֵ֑לgazelnoun · masculine singularThe people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.here: robbery