גָּזַרgâzar
cut, divide
Pronunciation: gaw-zar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1504
Meanings
Qal
1. divide, cut in two (1 Kings 3:25; 1 Kings 3:26)
2. divide (Psalms 136:13)
3. cut down (2 Kings 6:4)
4. cut off (Isaiah 9:19)
5. cut off, i.e. destroy, exterminate (Habakkuk 3:17)
6. decree (Job 22:28)
Niph`al
1. be cut off, separated, excluded (2 Chronicles 26:21; Psalms 88:5; Isaiah 53:8)
2. be cut off, = destroyed (Lamentations 3:54; Ezekiel 37:11)
3. be decreed (Esther 2:1)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 13 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 3:25 Then he said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to one woman and half to the other!”
- 1 Kings 3:26 Then the woman who was the real mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out, “Oh no, my lord! Give her the child—please do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!”
- 2 Kings 6:4 So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they began cutting down trees.
- 2 Chronicles 26:21 So King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in isolation in a separate house, for he was excluded from the Temple of the Lord. His son Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace, and he governed the people of the land.
- Esther 2:1 But after Xerxes’ anger had subsided, he began thinking about Vashti and what she had done and the decree he had made.
- Job 22:28 You will succeed in whatever you choose to do, and light will shine on the road ahead of you.
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).