Gᵉzêlâh — H1500

Definition

feminine noun

robbery, or (concretely) plunder

1. plunder, spoil, robbery

Usually translated as

violence, that, spoil

Origin

feminine of H1498 and mean the same

• Gâzêl (H1498)

Occurrences

Gᵉzêlâh occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (4)

• Leviticus 6:4 — Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that (הַגְּזֵלָ֜ה) 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,
• Isaiah 3:14 — The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil (גְּזֵלַ֥ת) of the poor is in your houses.
• Ezekiel 18:7 — And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence (גְּזֵלָ֖ה), 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 by violence (גְּזֵל֣וֹת), 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 by violence (וּגְזֵלָ֖ה), but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
• Ezekiel 33:15 — If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed (גְּזֵלָ֣ה), walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.