גֵּזֶל
gezel · robbery
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1499 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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gezel (גֵּזֶל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “robbery”.
Plunder, robbery with violence.
How to say it
ge·zel
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- What is taken from another by force.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- robbing ×1
- what he robbed ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor and the robbing of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be amazed at the matter, for a high one watches over a high one, and higher ones over them.
- Ezekiel 18:18
His father, because he practiced exploitation, robbed his brother of what he robbed, and did what is not good among his people, look, he will die for his iniquity.