King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H1504
Transliteration: gazar
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-zar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cut, divide
Meaning: to cut down, off, to destroy, divide, exclude, decide
Word Summary
gazar: to cut, divide
Original Word: גָּזַרTransliteration: gazar
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-zar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cut, divide
Meaning: to cut down, off, to destroy, divide, exclude, decide
Strong's Concordance
cut down off, decree, divide, snatch A primitive root; to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide -- cut down (off), decree, divide, snatch.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1504. gazar
גָּזַר verb cut, divide (Arabic , Late Hebrew גָּזַר cut, determine, circumcise; Ethiopic Aramaic גְּזַר, ) —
Qal Perfect גָּזַר Habakkuk 3:17; Imperfect וַיִּגְזֹר Isaiah 9:19; 2masculine singular תִּגְזַר Job 22:28; וַיִּגְזְרוּ 2 Kings 6:4; Participle active גֹּזֵר Psalm 136:13; —
1 divide, cut in two, followed by accusative 1 Kings 3:25 (׳ג לִשְׁנָ֑יִם) compare 3:26 (object not expressed).
2 divide the Red Sea (accusative) Psalm 136:13 followed by לִגְזָרִים.
3 cut down הָעֵצִים 2 Kings 6:4.
4 cut off (piece of meat to eat, but object not expressed "" אכל) Isaiah 9:19.
5 cut off, i.e. destroy, exterminate Habakkuk 3:17 (with accusative; indefinite subject), followed by מִן local
6 decree (Aramaism, compare Biblical Aramaic) Job 22:28 with accusative
Niph`al Perfect נִגְזַר2 Chronicles 26:21; Esther 2:1, נִגְזָ֑רְתִּי Lamentations 3:24, נִגְזָ֑רוּ Psalm 88:6, נִגְזַרְנוּ Ezekiel 37:11; Isaiah 53:8; —
1 be cut off, separate, excluded from (מִן) temple 2 Chronicles 26:21, from (מִן) Yahweh's hand Psalm 88:5 (of the slain), from (מִן) the land of the living Isaiah 53:8 (of the suffering servant of ׳י).
2 be cut off = destroyed Lamentations 3:54; Ezekiel 37:11.
3 be decreed, Esther 2:1 followed by עַל against (compare Qal 6).