Strong’s H1499 · Hebrew
גֵּזֶל
gêzel · ghe'-zel
Origin from גָּזַל (H1497);
Meaning plunder, i.e. violence
In the King James Version violence, violent perverting.. gozal. See גּוֹזָל (H1469).
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
- Ezekiel 18:18As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.