{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1497",
  "lemma": "גָּזַל",
  "transliteration": "gâzal",
  "definition": "to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob",
  "kjv": "catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force…",
  "occurrences": 30,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "גָּזַל vb. tear away, seize, rob",
    "Qal tear away, rob",
    "Niph. subj. sleep"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 21:25",
      "text": "Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 31:31",
      "text": "Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.’",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 5:23",
      "text": "then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/5?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 19:13",
      "text": "“‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/19?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 28:29",
      "text": "You will grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways. You will only be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/28?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 28:31",
      "text": "Your ox will be slain before your eyes, and you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be violently taken away from…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/28?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 9:25",
      "text": "The men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/9?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 21:23",
      "text": "The children of Benjamin did so, and took wives for themselves according to their number, of those who danced, whom…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/21?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 23:21",
      "text": "He killed a huge Egyptian, and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff and plucked…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/23?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 10:2",
      "text": "to deprive the needy of justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/10?v=2"
    }
  ],
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