בָּזַז
bâzaz · baw-zaz'
to plunder
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to plunder
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: catch, gather, (take) for a prey, rob(-ber), spoil, take (away, spoil), [idiom] utterly.
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
- 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 › to cut, to sustain
The house, what is within that works to cut, to sustain that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּזַז 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
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 37 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and spoiled3 · 10%
- we took for a prey2 · 6%
- took for a prey2 · 6%
- of them for a prey2 · 6%
- and to take2 · 6%
- and took the spoil1 · 3%
- had caught1 · 3%
- had taken spoil1 · 3%
- thereof, shalt thou take1 · 3%
- thereof, shall ye take for a prey1 · 3%
- and spoil1 · 3%
- came upon them: and they spoiled1 · 3%
- to take away1 · 3%
- in gathering1 · 3%
- of them, and took1 · 3%
- and took also away1 · 3%
- spoil1 · 3%
- and that they may rob1 · 3%
- they shall spoil1 · 3%
- of them that rob1 · 3%
- and utterly1 · 3%
- spoiled1 · 3%
- take1 · 3%
- robbed1 · 3%
- to the robbers1 · 3%
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.