גַּזָז
gazâz · gaw-zaz'
to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (akin to H1468 (גּוּז));
to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
- to cut off
- specifically, to shear aflock or shave the hair
- figuratively, to destroy an enemy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cut off (down), poll, shave, (sheep-) shear(-er).
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to cut, to sustain › to cut, to sustain
To carry, to lift up that works to cut, to sustain that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גַּזָז above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to shear2 · 13%
- unto his sheepshearers1 · 7%
- nor shear1 · 7%
- and he was shearing1 · 7%
- did shear1 · 7%
- that thou hast shearers1 · 7%
- for my shearers1 · 7%
- had sheepshearers1 · 7%
- hath sheepshearers1 · 7%
- and shaved1 · 7%
- her shearers1 · 7%
- cut off1 · 7%
- and poll1 · 7%
- yet thus shall they be cut down1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.