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Hebrew verb · H962

בָּזַז

bazazbaw-zaz'

to plunder

43 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: bâzaz

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H962is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 15 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 37
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H962

to plunder

The King James renders it: catch, gather, (take) for a prey, rob(-ber), spoil, take (away, spoil), [idiom] utterly.

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

bazaz is rendered "to plunder". It stands 43 times in the Hebrew text, across fifteen books.

  • Nine of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 34:27Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-seven different ways.

The first use

Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.

Genesis 34:27וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in fifteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 24 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and they plundered5
  • they plundered4
  • and they will be plundered2
  • and they will take as spoil2
  • and to take as spoil2
  • plunder2
  • they will plunder2
  • to take as plunder2
  • we plundered2
  • you will plunder2
  • ¿ to take as spoil1
  • and certainly to be plundered1

and 16 more, 43 uses in all

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.

בָּזָהbazahto despiseUses44
בָּזָאbazato divideUses2
בָּזַרbazarto scatterUses2
בָּזָקbazaqlightningUses1
בָּזֹהbazohto despiseUsesnot recorded

All 43, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

37 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

  • בָּזְז֖וּ2
  • בָּזְז֥וּ2
  • וּבָֽזְזוּ֙2
  • וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּ2
  • וְלָבֹ֣ז2
  • לָבֽוֹז׃2
  • בֹּ֥זּוּ1
  • בֹּ֣זּוּ1
  • בָּז֣וּז1
  • בַּזּ֥וֹנוּ1
  • בָּזְז֣וּ1
  • בָּ֥זְזוּ1

and 25 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural7HVqp3cp
  • Hc/Vqw3mp5Hc/Vqw3mp
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)3HR/Vqcc
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)2HC/R/Vqcc
  • Hc/Vqq3cp2Hc/Vqq3cp
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2HVqi3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural2HVqp1cp
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural2HVqv2mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive absolute1HC/VNaa
  • Hc/VNq3cp1Hc/VNq3cp
  • Hc/VPq3cp1Hc/VPq3cp
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural1HC/Vqc1cp

Genesis

two uses
  • Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.

    Genesis 34:27

    • וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּvaiyavozuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they plundered
  • They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.

    Genesis 34:29

    • וַיָּבֹ֑זּוּvaiyavozuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they plundered

Numbers

three uses
  • The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.

    Numbers 31:9

    • בָּזָֽזוּ׃bazazuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they plundered
  • and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,

    Numbers 31:32

    • בָּזְז֖וּbazezuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had plundered
  • Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.

    Numbers 31:53

    • בָּזְז֖וּbazezuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had taken plunder

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • We carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.

    Deuteronomy 2:35

    • בָּזַ֣זְנוּbazaznuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we plundered
  • But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we carried off for ourselves.

    Deuteronomy 3:7

    • בַּזּ֥וֹנוּbazonuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we plundered
  • But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.

    Deuteronomy 20:14

    • תָּבֹ֣זtavozverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will plunder

Joshua

three uses
  • And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”

    Joshua 8:2

    • תָּבֹ֣זּוּtavozuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will plunder
  • Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.

    Joshua 8:27

    • בָּזְז֥וּbazezuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they plundered
  • The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.

    Joshua 11:14

    • בָּזְז֥וּbazezuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they plundered

1 Samuel

one use
  • And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”

    1 Samuel 14:36

    • וְֽנָבֹ֥זָהvenavozahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: and let us plunder

2 Kings

one use
  • Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

    2 Kings 7:16

    • וַיָּבֹ֕זּוּvaiyavozuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they plundered

2 Chronicles

five uses
  • and attacked all the cities around Gerar, because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, since there was much plunder there.

    2 Chronicles 14:14

    • וַיָּבֹ֙זּוּ֙vaiyavozuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they plundered
  • Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.

    2 Chronicles 20:25

    • לָבֹ֣זlavozpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to plunder
    • בֹּזְזִ֥יםbozezimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: plundering
  • Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.

    2 Chronicles 25:13

    • וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּvaiyavozuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they plundered
  • Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.

    2 Chronicles 28:8

    • בָּזְז֣וּbazezuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they plundered

Esther

two uses
  • And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.

    Esther 3:13

    • לָבֽוֹז׃lavozpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take as plunder
  • By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

    Esther 8:11

    • לָבֽוֹז׃lavozpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take as plunder

Psalms

one use
  • May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

    Psalms 109:11

    • וְיָבֹ֖זּוּveyavozuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and may they plunder

Isaiah

nine uses
  • to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.

    Isaiah 10:2

    • יָבֹֽזּוּ׃yavozuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will plunder
  • I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

    Isaiah 10:6

    • וְלָבֹ֣זvelavozconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to take as spoil
  • They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

    Isaiah 11:14

    • יָבֹ֣זּוּyavozuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will plunder
  • In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.

    Isaiah 17:14

    • לְבֹזְזֵֽינוּ׃ סlevozezeinupreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: of despoil us
  • The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.

    Isaiah 24:3

    • וְהִבּ֣וֹז׀vehibozconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive absolutetagged: and certainly to be plundered
    • תִּבּ֑וֹזtibozverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be plundered
  • Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.

    Isaiah 33:23

    • בָּ֥זְזוּbazezuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will take as spoil
  • But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”

    Isaiah 42:22

    • בָּז֣וּזbazuzverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: despoiled
  • Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.

    Isaiah 42:24

    • לְבֹזְזִ֖יםlevozezimpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: to despoilers

Jeremiah

three uses
  • I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.

    Jeremiah 20:5

    • וּבְזָזוּם֙uvezazumHc/Vqq3cp/Sp3mptagged: and they will plunder them
  • Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them—will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.

    Jeremiah 30:16

    • בֹּזְזַ֖יִךְbozezayikhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: despoil you
  • A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.

    Jeremiah 50:37

    • וּבֻזָּֽזוּ׃uvuzazuHc/VPq3cptagged: and they will be plundered

Ezekiel

six uses
  • They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.

    Ezekiel 26:12

    • וּבָֽזְזוּ֙uvazezuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will take as spoil
  • Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.

    Ezekiel 29:19

    • וּבָזַ֣זuvazazHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will take as spoil
  • in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’

    Ezekiel 38:12

    • וְלָבֹ֣זvelavozconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to take as spoil
  • Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’

    Ezekiel 38:13

    • הֲלָבֹ֥זhalavozquestion particle + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: ¿ to take as spoil
  • They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 39:10

    • וּבָֽזְזוּ֙uvazezuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will take as spoil
    • בֹּ֣זְזֵיהֶ֔םbozezeihemverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: took as spoil them

Amos

one use
  • Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”

    Amos 3:11

    • וְנָבֹ֖זּוּvenavozuHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will be plundered

Nahum

two uses
  • “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.

    Nahum 2:9

    • בֹּ֥זּוּbozuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: plunder
    • בֹּ֣זּוּbozuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: plunder

Zephaniah

one use
  • Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”

    Zephaniah 2:9

    • יְבָזּ֔וּםyevazumverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will plunder them

The letters

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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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