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Hebrew · Strong's H1504

גָּזַר

gazargaw-zar'

to cut down or off

1890 spelling: gâzar

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide

Rendered in the KJV as

cut down (off), decree, divide, snatch.

  • 13
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 12
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 13 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 12

  • נִגְזַ֖ר2
  • גָּזַ֤ר1
  • גִּזְר֛וּ1
  • גְּזֹֽרוּ׃1
  • וַיִּגְזֹ֤ר1
  • וַֽיִּגְזְר֖וּ1
  • וְֽתִגְזַר־1
  • לְגֹזֵ֣ר1
  • נִגְזַר֙1
  • נִגְזָֽרוּ׃1
  • נִגְזַ֥רְנוּ1
  • נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ ס1

How it is rendered · 11

  • cut2
  • he was cut off2
  • and it devoured1
  • and they cut down1
  • and you may decide1
  • I have been cut off1
  • it had been decreed1
  • someone cuts off1
  • they are cut off1
  • to [one who] cut1
  • we have been cut off1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 10

  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular3
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural2
  • HC/Vqu2ms1
  • Hc/Vqw3mp1
  • Hc/Vqw3ms1
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common plural1
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singular1
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HVNp3ms · 3
  • HVqv2mp · 2
  • HC/Vqu2ms · 1
  • Hc/Vqw3mp · 1
  • Hc/Vqw3ms · 1
  • HR/Vqrmsc · 1
  • HVNp1cp · 1
  • HVNp1cs · 1
  • HVNp3cp · 1
  • HVqp3ms · 1

All 13, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

1 Kings2 occurrences
2 Kings1 occurrence
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
Esther1 occurrence
Job1 occurrence
Psalms2 occurrences
Isaiah2 occurrences
Lamentations1 occurrence
Ezekiel1 occurrence
Habakkuk1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0: their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).