Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H1497
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
- gazal
- Pronunciation
- gaw-zal'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H1497
- Brief meaning
- To pluck off, specifically to flay, strip or rob
- Source renderings
- catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob. Root word: a primitive root.
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
01497\ 1497 gazal gaw-zal' a primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob:--catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.