Strong’s H962 · Hebrew

בָּזַז
bâzaz
baw-zaz'

Definition

to plunder

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • catch
  • gather
  • (take) for a prey
  • rob(-ber)
  • spoil
  • take (away
  • spoil)
  • utterly

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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