Occurrences
Gazâz occurs 15 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (2), Job (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Micah (1), Nahum (1)
- Genesis 31:19 — And Laban went to shear (לִגְזֹ֖ז) his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
- Genesis 38:12 — And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers (גֹּֽזֲזֵ֤י) to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
- Genesis 38:13 — And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear (לָגֹ֥ז) his sheep.
- Deuteronomy 15:19 — All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear (תָגֹ֖ז) the firstling of thy sheep.
- 1 Samuel 25:2 — And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing (בִּגְזֹ֥ז) his sheep in Carmel.
- 1 Samuel 25:4 — And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear (גֹזֵ֥ז) his sheep.
- 1 Samuel 25:7 — And now I have heard that thou hast shearers (גֹזְזִ֖ים): now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
- 1 Samuel 25:11 — Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers (לְגֹֽזְזָ֑י), and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
- 2 Samuel 13:23 — And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers (גֹֽזְזִים֙) in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
- 2 Samuel 13:24 — And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers (גֹזְזִ֖ים); let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
- Job 1:20 — Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved (וַיָּ֖גָז) his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
- Isaiah 53:7 — He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers (גֹזְזֶ֖יהָ) is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
- Jeremiah 7:29 — Cut off (גָּזִּ֤י) thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
- Micah 1:16 — Make thee bald, and poll (וָגֹ֔זִּי) thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
- Nahum 1:12 — Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down (נָגֹ֖זּוּ), when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.