גְּזֵלָה
gᵉzêlâh · ghez-ay-law'
{robbery, or (concretely) plunder}
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H1498 (גָּזֵל) and mean the same
{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: that (he had robbed) (which he took violently away), spoil, 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to cut, to sustain › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up that works to cut, to sustain of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּזֵלָה 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.
- by violence2 · 33%
- that1 · 17%
- the spoil1 · 17%
- none by violence1 · 17%
- that he had robbed1 · 17%
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.