Occurrences
Gâzal occurs 30 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Leviticus (2), Deuteronomy (2), Judges (2), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Job (4), Psalms (2), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (5), Micah (2), Malachi (1)
- Genesis 21:25 — And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away (גָּזְל֖וּ).
- Genesis 31:31 — And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force (תִּגְזֹ֥ל) thy daughters from me.
- Leviticus 6:4 — Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away (גָּזָ֗ל), or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
- Leviticus 19:13 — Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob (תִגְזֹ֑ל) him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
- 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 (וְגָז֛וּל) evermore, and no man shall save thee.
- Deuteronomy 28:31 — Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away (גָּז֣וּל) 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 9:25 — And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed (וַיִּגְזְל֗וּ) all that came along that way by them: and it was told 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 (גָּזָ֑לוּ): and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
- 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 (וַיִּגְזֹ֤ל) the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
- 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 (וַיִּגְזֹ֤ל) the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
- Job 20:19 — Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away (גָּ֝זַ֗ל) an house which he builded not;
- Job 24:2 — Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away (גָּ֝זְל֗וּ) flocks, and feed thereof.
- Job 24:9 — They pluck (יִ֭גְזְלוּ) the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
- Job 24:19 — Drought and heat consume (יִגְזְל֥וּ) the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
- Psalms 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 (מִגֹּזְלֽוֹ) him?
- Psalms 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 (גָ֝זַ֗לְתִּי).
- Proverbs 4:16 — For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away (וְֽנִגְזְלָ֥ה), unless they cause some to fall.
- Proverbs 22:22 — Rob (תִּגְזָל) not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
- Proverbs 28:24 — Whoso robbeth (גּוֹזֵ֤ל) his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
- Isaiah 10:2 — To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away (וְלִגְזֹ֕ל) the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
- Jeremiah 21:12 — O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled (גָז֖וּל) 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.
- Jeremiah 22:3 — Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled (גָז֖וּל) 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.
- Ezekiel 18:7 — And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled (יִגְזֹ֑ל) none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
- Ezekiel 18:12 — Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled (גָּזָ֔ל) by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
- Ezekiel 18:16 — Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled (גָזָ֑ל) by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
- Ezekiel 18:18 — As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled (גָּזַל֙) his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
- Ezekiel 22:29 — The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised (וְגָזְל֖וּ) robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
- Micah 2:2 — And they covet fields, and take them by violence (וְגָזָ֔לוּ); and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
- Micah 3:2 — Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off (גֹּזְלֵ֤י) their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
- 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 (גָּז֗וּל), and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.