Hebrew noun (feminine) · H1500
גְּזֵלָה
gezelahghez-ay-law'
violence
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gᵉzêlâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1500is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1500
{robbery, or (concretely) plunder}
The King James renders it: that (he had robbed) (which he took violently away), spoil, violence.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
gezelah is rendered "violence". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Four of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 6:4once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
Leviticus 6:4הַגְּזֵלָ֜ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's six uses are in Ezekiel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- robbery2
- and robbery1
- plunder of1
- robberies1
- the thing robbed1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- גְּזֵלָ֖ה1
- גְּזֵלָ֣ה1
- גְּזֵל֣וֹת1
- גְּזֵלַ֥ת1
- הַגְּזֵלָ֜ה1
- וּגְזֵלָ֖ה1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular2HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine plural1HNcfpa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HTd/Ncfsa
Leviticus
one use
once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
- הַגְּזֵלָ֜הhagezelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the thing robbed
Isaiah
one use
The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
- גְּזֵלַ֥תgezelatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: plunder of
Ezekiel
four uses
He 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.
- גְּזֵלָ֖הgezelahnoun · feminine singulartagged: robbery
He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
- גְּזֵל֣וֹתgezelotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: robberies
He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
- וּגְזֵלָ֖הugezelahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and robbery
if 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.
- גְּזֵלָ֣הgezelahnoun · feminine singulartagged: robbery
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.