Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H1494
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- gazaz
- Pronunciation
- gaw-zaz'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H1494
- Brief meaning
- To cut off, specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair, figuratively to destroy an enemy
- Source renderings
- cut off (down), poll, shave, ((sheep-)) shear(-er)
- Root word
- a primitive root (akin to 1468)
- Full definition from the source
- To cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy. Root word: a primitive root (akin to 1468).
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H1468
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
01494\ 1494 gazaz gaw-zaz' a primitive root (akin to 1468); to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy:--cut off (down), poll, shave, ((sheep-)) shear(-er). see HEBREW for 01468