# H1494 גַּזָז

גַּזָז (gazâz), Strong’s H1494: 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.

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*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.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [גָּזַז] vb. shear
- Qal shear sheep
- Niph. be cut off (= destroyed) of Assyrians

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 31:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=19) — Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.
- [Genesis 38:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=13) — Tamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
- [Deuteronomy 15:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/15?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=4) — David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
- [1 Samuel 25:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=24) — Absalom came to the king and said, “See now, your servant has sheep shearers. Please let the king and his servants go…