גָּזֵל
gâzêl · gaw-zale'
robbery, or (concretely) plunder
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1497 (גָּזַל);
robbery, or (concretely) plunder
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: robbery, thing taken away by violence.
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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to cut, to sustain › authority, the one who leads
To carry, to lift up that works to cut, to sustain of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּזֵל 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- robbery2 · 50%
- or in a thing taken away by violence1 · 25%
- in robbery1 · 25%
Where it is used, by book.
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.