בַּז
baz · baz
plunder
Lexicon
Derivation: from H962 (בָּזַז);
plunder
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: booty, prey, spoil(-ed).
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- 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)
the house, what is within › to cut, to sustain
The house, what is within that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בַּז 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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- should be a prey3 · 12%
- for a prey3 · 12%
- the prey2 · 8%
- to the spoil2 · 8%
- and they shall no more be a prey2 · 8%
- a prey2 · 8%
- of the prey1 · 4%
- and they shall become a prey1 · 4%
- they are for a prey1 · 4%
- is he spoiled1 · 4%
- shall be a booty1 · 4%
- and spoiled1 · 4%
- thee for a spoil1 · 4%
- and it shall become a spoil1 · 4%
- her prey1 · 4%
- became a prey1 · 4%
- which became a prey1 · 4%
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.