H1504
גָּזַר
to cut
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
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
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).
[גְּזַר] verb cut, (divide,) determine (so ᵑ7 Syriac, in both meanings; Biblical Hebrew usually divide, Job, Esther, decree); —
Pe. Participle active as substantive, plural absolute גָָּֽזְרִין determiners (of fate; astrologers or soothsayers) Dan 2:27; Dan 5:11 emphatic גָָּֽזְרַיָּא Dan 4:4; Dan 5:7 (compare Dr.; Arabic RSJPhil. xiii (1885), 781). Hithpe`el Perfect 3 feminine singular הִתְגְּזֶרֶת Dan 2:34 a stone was cut out, so ׳אִתְג (K§ § 23, 1; 30, 2) vDan 2:45 (with מִן of source).
8 occurrences
I Kings (1), II Kings (1), II Chronicles (1), Esther (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Habakkuk (1)