Gazal גָּזַל

Gazal (Hebrew גָּזַל, Strong's H1497) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to plunder”. It occurs 30 times in 30 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Gazal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 21:25
  And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
• Genesis 31:31
  And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 6:4
  Then 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,once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
• Leviticus 19:13
  Thou 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.You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 28:29
  And 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.and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
• Deuteronomy 28:31
  Thine 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.Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.

Judges

• Judges 9:25
  And 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.The leaders of Shechem set up an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.
• Judges 21:23
  And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 23:21
  And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 11:23
  And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.

Job

• Job 20:19
  Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
• Job 24:2
  Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
• Job 24:9
  They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
• Job 24:19
  Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

Psalms

• Psalm 35:10
  All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
• Psalm 69:4
  They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 4:16
  For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
• Proverbs 22:22
  Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
• Proverbs 28:24
  Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 10:2
  To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 21:12
  O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
• Jeremiah 22:3
  Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 18:7
  And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
• Ezekiel 18:12
  Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
• Ezekiel 18:16
  Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
• Ezekiel 18:18
  As 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.As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
• Ezekiel 22:29
  The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.

Micah

• Micah 2:2
  And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
• Micah 3:2
  Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.

Malachi

• Malachi 1:13
  Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord.You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).