H1494 · גַּזָז
gazâz · gaw-zaz' · shear, sheepshearer, cut off
H1494 (gazâz, pronounced gaw-zaz') is the Hebrew word גַּזָז in Strong’s dictionary: to cut off. It appears 15 times in 15 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- גַּזָז (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- gazâz
- Pronunciation
- gaw-zaz'
- Derivation
- a primitive root (akin to H1468 (גּוּז));
- Definition
- to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
- Rendered in the KJV
- cut off (down), poll, shave, (sheep-) shear(-er).
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
15 occurrences in 15 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “shearing” ×2
- “Cut off” ×1
- “and cut off your hair” ×1
- “and shaved” ×1
- “are you to shear” ×1
- “for my shearers” ×1
- “her shearers” ×1
- “hired shearers” ×1
By book
Genesis 3 · Deuteronomy 1 · 1 Samuel 4 · 2 Samuel 2 · Job 1 · Isaiah 1 · Jeremiah 1 · Micah 1 · Nahum 1
Verses
- Genesis 31:19
- Genesis 38:12
- Genesis 38:13
- Deuteronomy 15:19
- 1 Samuel 25:2
- 1 Samuel 25:4
- 1 Samuel 25:7
- 1 Samuel 25:11
- 2 Samuel 13:23
- 2 Samuel 13:24
- Job 1:20
- Isaiah 53:7
- Jeremiah 7:29
- Micah 1:16
- Nahum 1:12
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H1494.