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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #962 - בָּזַז

Transliteration

bâzaz

Phonetics

baw-zaz'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

225

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to spoil, plunder, prey upon, seize

1a) (Qal) to spoil, plunder, despoil

1b) (Niphal) to be spoiled, plundered

1c) (Pual) to be taken as spoil

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2816 ‑ κληρονομέω (klay‑ron‑om‑eh'‑o); 4160 ‑ ποιέω (poy‑eh'‑o); 1287 ‑ διασκορπίζω (dee‑as‑kor‑pid'‑zo); 1283 ‑ διαρπάζω (dee‑ar‑pad'‑zo);

Frequency Lists

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Verse Results

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1030) z b (בז BZ) AC: Spoil CO: Spoils AB: Despise: The pictograph b represents a house. The z represents an agricultural implement or a weapon. Combined these pictographs have the meaning of “a house cut” or “attacked”. An enemy would plunder a household for goods to supply themselves as a bird of prey attacks its prey. (eng: buzzard)

A) z b (בז BZ) AC: ? CO: Spoils AB: ?: The removal of what is of value as when an attacking army takes from the defeated all that is of value or the loss of value of a food due to spoilage.

N^m) z b (בז BZ) - Spoils: [df: gb] KJV (26): prey, spoil, booty - Strongs: H897 (בַּג), H957 (בַּז)

N^f1 ) e z b (בזה BZH) - Spoils: KJV (10): spoil, prey - Strongs: H961 (בִּזָּה)

B) z z b (בזז BZZ) AC: ? CO: Spoil AB: ?

V) z z b (בזז BZZ) - Spoil: KJV (43): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pual) spoil, take away, prey, rob, take, caught, gathering. robber - Strongs: H962 (בָּזַז)

E) a z b (בזא BZA) AC: Divide CO: ? AB: ?: A division of what is plundered.

V) a z b (בזא BZA) - Divide: A division made by cutting into pieces. KJV (2): (vf: Paal) spoiled - Strongs: H958 (בָּזָא)

H) e z b (בזה BZH) AC: Despise CO: ? AB: ?: To treat something as spoiled, no longer of value.

V) e z b (בזה BZH) - Despise: KJV (43): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) despise, disdain, scorn, contemned - Strongs: H959 (בָּזָה)

c^m) e f z b (בזוה BZWH) - Despised: Something that is considered vile. KJV (1): despise - Strongs: H960 (בָּזֹה)

fj^m) n f i z b (בזיונ BZYWN) - Despised: Something that is treated as spoiled, no longer of value. KJV (1): contempt - Strongs: H963 (בִּזָּיוֹן)

J) z f b (בוז BWZ) AC: Despise CO: ? AB: ?: To treat something as spoiled, no longer of value.

V) z f b (בוז BWZ) - Despise: KJV (12): (vf: Paal) despise, contemned - Strongs: H936 (בּוּז)

N^m) z f b (בוז BWZ) - Despised: KJV (11): contempt, despise, shame - Strongs: H937 (בּוּז)

N^f1) e z f b (בוזה BWZH) - Despised: KJV (1): despised - Strongs: H939 (בּוּזָה)

Adopted Roots:

A2008 Q z b (Lightning)
A2009 R z b (Scatter)
A2031 O y b (Cut, Profit)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בָּזַז plur. בָּֽזְזוּ, בָּזַזְנוּ, once בַּזּוֹנוּ, inf. בֹּז, fut. יָבֹז; to snatch away, to prey, to take a prey, to spoil (Arab. بَزَّ Conj. I. VIII.; Aram. בְּזַז, ܒܰܙ id. The primary power appears to be that of to pull in pieces, compare the kindred roots בָּזָא, בָּזַק, בָּזַר. Hence the Ch. בַּזְבֵּז to bring to decay, to dissipate; from which commonly is derived נָבִזְבָּה a liberal gift, see under that word.) It is construed

(a) absol. Numbers 31:53; 1 Samuel 14:36.

(b) with an acc. of the prey, to take any thing for a prey, to seize and carry away what is seized. Genesis 34:29; Numbers 31:9; Deuteronomy 2:35, 3:7. בָּזַז בַּז to seize a prey, Isaiah 10:6, 33:23. בָּזַז שָׁלָל id. 2 Chronicles 28:8.

(c) with accus. of the city, country, persons spoiled, Genesis 34:27; Ezekiel 39:10; 2 Kings 7:16; 2 Chronicles 14:13; Isaiah 42:22.

Niphal נָבֹז; plur. נָבֹזוּ; inf. and fut. הִבּוֹז, יִבּוֹז to be spoiled, pass. of Kal, letter c; Amos 3:11; Isaiah 24:3.

Pual, id., Jeremiah 50:37.

Derivatives, בַּז, בִּזָּה.

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List of Word Forms

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