H1494 גַּזָז
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 15 KJV occurrences
גַּזָז
gazâz · gaw-zaz'
Definition
to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
KJV Renderings
cut off (down), poll, shave, (sheep-) shear(-er).
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root (akin to H1468 (גּוּז));
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 15)
- Genesis 31:19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
- Genesis 38:12¶ And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
- Deuteronomy 15:19¶ All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
- 1 Samuel 25:4¶ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
- 1 Samuel 25:11Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
- 2 Samuel 13:24And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
- Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
- Micah 1:16Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.