גָּזֵלgâzêl
robbery, or (concretely) plunder
Pronunciation: gaw-zale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1498
Meanings
robbery, = thing plundered, taken as plunder, as plunder, accusative of cognate meaning with verb (Leviticus 5:21; Ezekiel 18:18; Ecclesiastes 5:7; Psalms 62:11; Isaiah 61:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 6:2 “Suppose one of you sins against your associate and is unfaithful to the Lord. Suppose you cheat in a deal involving a security deposit, or you steal or commit fraud,
- Psalms 62:10 Don’t make your living by extortion or put your hope in stealing. And if your wealth increases, don’t make it the center of your life.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8 Don’t be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.
- Isaiah 61:8 “For I, the Lord, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them.
- Ezekiel 18:18 But the father will die for his many sins—for being cruel, robbing people, and doing what was clearly wrong among his people.
- Ezekiel 22:29 Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and deprive foreigners of justice.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).