To plunder
גָּזַלStrong’s H1497gazal (ga-zal)
Appears in 30 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gazal is the Hebrew word usually translated “has robbed”, “robbed” and “has been robbed”. It appears in 30 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.”
Meaning
- To tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force(Qal) · (Niphal)
How it's translated
- he has robbed 3
- he robbed 2
- has been robbed 2
- they had seized 1
- you should tear away 1
- you will rob 1
- and robbed 1
- seized 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 5
- Job 4
- Proverbs 3
- Genesis 2
- Leviticus 2
- Deuteronomy 2
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 31:31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
- Leviticus 6:4Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
- Leviticus 19:13Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
- Deuteronomy 28:29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
- Deuteronomy 28:31Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
- Judges 9:25And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
Hebrew dictionary
גָּזַל gazal · to plunder
1) to tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tear away, rob 1a2) to seize, plunder (with acc cognate) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be robbed 1b2) to be taken away
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “plunder” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLUN'DER, verb transitive
- To pillage; to spoil; to strip; to take the goods of an enemy by open force.
- To take by pillage or open force.
- To rob, as a thief; to take from; to strip; as, the thief plundered the house; the robber plundered a man of his money and watch; pirates plunder ships and men.
All definitions and other forms of “plunder”
PLUN'DER, noun
That which is taken from an enemy by force; pillage; prey; spoil.
- That which is taken by theft, robbery or fraud.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.