גְּזַר
gᵉzar · ghez-ar'
to quarry; determine
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H1504 (גָּזַר);
to quarry; determine
- to quarry
- determine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cut out, soothsayer.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest
To carry, to lift up that works to cut, to sustain of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּזַר 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 · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was cut out2 · 33%
- and the soothsayers2 · 33%
- the soothsayers1 · 17%
- and soothsayers1 · 17%
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.