Robbery
גָּזֵלStrong’s H1498gazel (ga-zel)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gazel is the Hebrew word usually translated “robbery” and “robbery of”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;”
Meaning
- Robbery, something plundered
How it's translated
- robbery 2
- a robbery 1
- and in robbery 1
- and robbery of 1
- robbery of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 2
- Leviticus 1
- Psalms 1
- Ecclesiastes 1
- Isaiah 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
- Isaiah 61:8For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
- Ezekiel 18:18As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
- Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Hebrew dictionary
גָּזֵל gazel · robbery
robbery, something plundered Also means: ge.zel (גֵּזֶל "violence" H1499)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “robbery” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROB'BERY, noun
- In law, the forcible and felonious taking from the person of another any money or goods, putting him in fear, that is, by violence or by menaces of death or personal injury. robbery differs from theft, as it is a violent felonious taking from the person or presence of another; whereas theft is a felonious taking of goods privately from the person, dwelling, etc. of another.
- A plundering; a pillaging; a taking away by violence, wrong or oppression.
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.