Strong Hebrew #1504 - גָּזַר gazar (to cut)
Original Word: | גָּזַר |
Transliteration: | gazar |
Definition: | to cut, divide |
Part of Speech: | Verb |
Phonetic Spelling: | (gaw-zar') |
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Strong's Exhaustive 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.
Englishman's Concordance
1) to cut, divide, cut down, cut off, cut in two, snatch, decree
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cut in two, divide
1a2) to cut down
1a3) to cut off, destroy, exterminate
1a4) to decree
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be cut off, separated, excluded
1b2) to be destroyed, cut off
1b3) to be decreed
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 340
Brown-Driver-Briggs
גָּזַרverbcut, divide (Arabic

, Late Hebrew
גָּזַרcut, determine, circumcise; Ethiopic

Aramaic
גְּזַר,

) —
QalPerfectגָּזַרHabakkuk 3:17; ImperfectוַיִּגְזֹרIsaiah 9:19; 2masculine singular תִּגְזַרJob 22:28; וַיִּגְזְרוּ2 Kings 6:4; Participle active גֹּזֵרPsalm 136:13; —
1divide, cut in two, followed by accusative 1 Kings 3:25 (לִשְׁנָ֑יִם׳ג) compare 1 Kings 3:26 (object not expressed).
2divide the Red Sea (accusative) Psalm 136:13 followed by לִגְזָרִים.
3cut downהָעֵצִים2 Kings 6:4.
4cut off (piece of meat to eat, but object not expressed "" אכל) Isaiah 9:19.
5cut off, i.e. destroy, exterminateHabakkuk 3:17 (with accusative; indefinite subject), followed by מִן local
6decree (Aramaism, compare Biblical Aramaic) Job 22:28 with accusative
Niph`alPerfectנִגְזַר2Chronicles 26:21; Esther 2:1, נִגְזָ֑רְתִּיLamentations 3:24, נִגְזָ֑רוּPsalm 88:6, נִגְזַרְנוּEzekiel 37:11; Isaiah 53:8; —
1be 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).
2be cut off=destroyedLamentations 3:54; Ezekiel 37:11.
3be decreed, Esther 2:1 followed by עַלagainst (compare Qal 6).
Englishman's Concordance (References)
Strong's Hebrew: 1504. גָּזַר (gazar) — 13 Occurrences
1 Kings 3:25
HEB:וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ גִּזְר֛וּ אֶת־ הַיֶּ֥לֶד
NAS: said, Divide the living
KJV: said, Divide the living
INT: said the king Divide child the living
1 Kings 3:26
HEB:לֹ֥א יִהְיֶ֖ה גְּזֹֽרוּ׃
NAS: mine nor yours; divide [him]!
KJV: it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide [it].
INT: nor yours divide
2 Kings 6:4
HEB:וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ הַיַּרְדֵּ֔נָה וַֽיִּגְזְר֖וּ הָעֵצִֽים׃
NAS: to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
KJV: to Jordan, they cut down wood.
INT: came to the Jordan cut trees
2 Chronicles 26:21
HEB:מְצֹרָ֔ע כִּ֥י נִגְזַ֖ר מִבֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה
NAS: being a leper, for he was cut off from the house
KJV: [being] a leper; for he was cut off from the house
INT: being for was cut the house of the LORD
Esther 2:1
HEB:וְאֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־ נִגְזַ֖ר עָלֶֽיהָ׃
NAS: and what had been decreed against
KJV: and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
INT: had done and what had been decreed against
Job 22:28
HEB: וְֽתִגְזַר־ א֭וֹמֶר וְיָ֣קָם
NAS:You will also decree a thing,
KJV:Thou shalt also decree a thing,
INT:decree A thing will be established
Psalm 88:5
HEB:וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה מִיָּדְךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ׃
NAS: more, And they are cut off from Your hand.
KJV: whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
INT: from your hand are cut
Psalm 136:13
HEB: לְגֹזֵ֣ר יַם־ ס֭וּף
NAS:To Him who divided the Red Sea
KJV:To him which divided the Red sea
INT:divided Sea the Red
Isaiah 9:20
HEB: וַיִּגְזֹ֤ר עַל־ יָמִין֙
NAS:They slice off [what is] on the right hand
KJV:And he shall snatch on the right hand,
INT:slice on the right
Isaiah 53:8
HEB:יְשׂוֹחֵ֑חַ כִּ֤י נִגְזַר֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ חַיִּ֔ים
NAS: considered That He was cut off out of the land
KJV: his generation? for he was cut off out of the land
INT: considered for was cut of the land of the living
Lamentations 3:54
HEB:רֹאשִׁ֖י אָמַ֥רְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ ס
NAS: my head; I said, I am cut off!
KJV: [then] I said, I am cut off.
INT: my head said I am cut
Ezekiel 37:11
HEB:וְאָבְדָ֥ה תִקְוָתֵ֖נוּ נִגְזַ֥רְנוּ לָֽנוּ׃
NAS: has perished. We are completely cut off.'
KJV: is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
INT: has perished and our hope cut
Habakkuk 3:17
HEB:עָ֣שָׂה אֹ֑כֶל גָּזַ֤ר מִמִּכְלָה֙ צֹ֔אן
NAS: Though the flock should be cut off from the fold
KJV: the flock shall be cut off from the fold,
INT: produce food should be cut the fold the flock