H1494 גַּזָז
gazâz — to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
KJV: cut off (down), poll, shave, (sheep-) shear(-er).
Occurs 15 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [גָּזַז] vb. shear
- Qal shear sheep
- Niph. be cut off (= destroyed) of Assyrians
Where it occurs
- Genesis 31:19 — Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.
- Genesis 38:12 — After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to…
- Genesis 38:13 — Tamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
- Deuteronomy 15:19 — You shall dedicate all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock to the LORD your God. You shall…
- 1 Samuel 25:2 — There was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a…
- 1 Samuel 25:4 — David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
- 1 Samuel 25:7 — Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t harm them. Nothing was…
- 1 Samuel 25:11 — Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t…
- 2 Samuel 13:23 — After two full years, Absalom had sheep shearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim; and Absalom invited all the…
- 2 Samuel 13:24 — Absalom came to the king and said, “See now, your servant has sheep shearers. Please let the king and his servants go…