Gâzar — H1504

Definition

verb

to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide

1. to cut, divide, cut down, cut off, cut in two, snatch, decree
1. (Qal)
1. to cut in two, divide
2. to cut down
3. to cut off, destroy, exterminate
4. to decree
2. (Niphal)
1. to be cut off, separated, excluded
2. to be destroyed, cut off
3. to be decreed

Usually translated as

divide, decree, snatch, cut down

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• aírō (G142)
• apōthéomai (G683)
• diairéō (G1244)
• ekklínō (G1578)
• ekleípō (G1587)
• katakrínō (G2632)

Occurrences

Gâzar occurs 13 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Esther (1), Job (1), Psalms (2), Isaiah (2), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (1), Habakkuk (1)

• 1 Kings 3:25 — And the king said, Divide (גִּזְר֛וּ) the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
• 1 Kings 3:26 — Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide (גְּזֹֽרוּ) it.
• 2 Kings 6:4 — So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down (וַֽיִּגְזְר֖וּ) wood.
• 2 Chronicles 26:21 — And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off (נִגְזַ֖ר) from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
• Esther 2:1 — After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed (נִגְזַ֖ר) against her.
• Job 22:28 — Thou shalt also decree (וְֽתִגְזַר) a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
• Psalms 88:5 — Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off (נִגְזָֽרוּ) from thy hand.
• Psalms 136:13 — To him which divided (לְגֹזֵ֣ר) the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
• Isaiah 9:20 — And he shall snatch (וַיִּגְזֹ֤ר) on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
• Isaiah 53:8 — He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off (נִגְזַר֙) out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
• Lamentations 3:54 — Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off (נִגְזָֽרְתִּי).
• Ezekiel 37:11 — Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off (נִגְזַ֥רְנוּ) for our parts.
• Habakkuk 3:17 — Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off (גָּזַ֤ר) from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: