Strong’s H1497 · Hebrew
גָּזַל
gâzal
gaw-zal'
Definition
to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob
Etymology
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
- catch
- consume
- exercise (robbery)
- pluck (off)
- rob
- spoil
- take away (by force
- violence)
- tear
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.