{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1494",
  "lemma": "גַּזָז",
  "transliteration": "gazâz",
  "definition": "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).",
  "occurrences": 15,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[גָּזַז] vb. shear",
    "Qal shear sheep",
    "Niph. be cut off (= destroyed) of Assyrians"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 31:19",
      "text": "Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:12",
      "text": "After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:13",
      "text": "Tamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 15:19",
      "text": "You shall dedicate all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock to the LORD your God. You shall…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/15?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 25:2",
      "text": "There was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 25:4",
      "text": "David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 25:7",
      "text": "Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t harm them. Nothing was…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 25:11",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 13:23",
      "text": "After two full years, Absalom had sheep shearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim; and Absalom invited all the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 13:24",
      "text": "Absalom came to the king and said, “See now, your servant has sheep shearers. Please let the king and his servants go…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=24"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1494",
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