Lexical Definition

‎גָּזַר‎ gâzar (gaw-zar') to cut ^H:V
a primitive root

cut down (off), decree, divide, snatch.

• to cut down or off
• (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide

1) to cut, divide, cut down, cut off, cut in two, snatch, decree
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cut in two, divide
1a2) to cut down
1a3) to cut off, destroy, exterminate
1a4) to decree
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be cut off, separated, excluded
1b2) to be destroyed, cut off
1b3) to be decreed

See Greek: αἴρω · ἀπωθέομαι · διαιρέω · ἐκκλίνω · ἐκλείπω · κατακρίνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גָּזַר‎ verb cut, divide (Arabic , Late Hebrew ‎גָּזַר‎ cut, determine, circumcise; Ethiopic Aramaic ‎גְּזַר‎, ) —

Qal Perfect ‎גָּזַר‎ Hab 3:17 Imperfect ‎וַיִּגְזֹר‎ Isa 9:19* 2 masculine singular ‎תִּגְזַר‎ Job 22:28 ‎וַיִּגְזְרוּ‎ 2Kgs 6:4 Participle active ‎גֹּזֵר‎ Ps 136:13 —

1. divide, cut in two, followed by accusative 1Kgs 3:25 (‎לִשְׁנָ֑יִם‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎) compare v1Kgs 3:26 (object not expressed).

2. divide the Red Sea (accusative) Ps 136:13 followed by ‎לִגְזָרִים‎.

3. cut down ‎הָעֵצִים‎ 2Kgs 6:4.

4. cut off (piece of meat to eat, but object not expressed || ‎אכל‎) Isa 9:19*.

5. cut off, i.e. destroy, exterminate Hab 3:17 (with accusative; indefinite subject), followed by ‎מִן‎ local

6. decree (Aramaism, compare Biblical Aramaic) Job 22:28 with accusative Niph`al Perfect ‎נִגְזַר‎ 2Chr 26:21; Esth 2:1, ‎נִגְזָ֑רְתִּי‎ Lam 3:24, ‎נִגְזָ֑רוּ‎ Ps 88:6*, ‎נִגְזַרְנוּ‎ Ezek 37:11; Isa 53:8 —

1. be cut off, separate, excluded from (‎מִן‎) temple 2Chr 26:21, from (‎מִן‎) Yahweh's hand Ps 88:5* (of the slain), from (‎מִן‎) the land of the living Isa 53:8 (of the suffering servant of ‎׳‎‎י‎).

2. be cut off = destroyed Lam 3:54; Ezek 37:11.

3. be decreed, Esth 2:1 followed by ‎עַל‎ against (compare Qal 6).

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