Biblica Analytica

בָּזַז

ba.zaz (H0962)

to plunder

43 verses 15 books OT 39 / NT 0
AI Word Study

Analyzing the Hebrew word "בָּזַז" (ba.zaz), which means "to plunder," reveals its significance in the biblical context. It appears 43 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in describing various aspects of warfare and conflict. The usage of "בָּזַז" ranges from describing the spoils of war to the act of taking something by force. In these contexts, it emphasizes the idea of taking possession of something that doesn't belong to the perpetrator, often in a violent or unauthorized manner. This usage shows that the word is associated with the idea of seizure and capture, highlighting the intense nature of conflict and the loss that can result from it. The frequency and variety of occurrences suggest that "בָּזַז" is an essential component in depicting the consequences of warfare, serving as a reminder of the destruction and loss that often accompany conflict.

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Genesis 34:27

Jacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Genesis 34:29

and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the house.

Numbers 31:9

The children of Israel took the women of Midian captive with their little ones; and all their livestock, all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as plunder.

Numbers 31:32

Now the plunder, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,

Numbers 31:53

The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.

Deuteronomy 2:35

Only the livestock we took for plunder for ourselves, with the plunder of the cities which we had taken.

Deuteronomy 3:7

But all the livestock, and the plunder of the cities, we took for plunder for ourselves.

Deuteronomy 20:14

but the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its plunder, you shall take for plunder for yourself. You may use the plunder of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.

Joshua 8:2

You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king, except you shall take its goods and its livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it.”

Joshua 8:27

Israel took for themselves only the livestock and the goods of that city, according to Yahweh’s word which he commanded Joshua.

Joshua 11:14

The children of Israel took all the plunder of these cities, with the livestock, as plunder for themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They didn’t leave any who breathed.

1 Samuel 14:36

Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines by night, and take plunder among them until the morning light, and let’s not leave a man of them.” They said, “Do whatever seems good to you.” Then the priest said, “Let’s draw near here to God.”

2 Kings 7:16

The people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to Yahweh’s word.

2 Chronicles 14:14

They struck all the cities around Gerar; for the fear of Yahweh came on them, and they plundered all the cities; for there was much plunder in them.

2 Chronicles 20:25

When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their plunder, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away. They took plunder for three days, it was so much.

2 Chronicles 25:13

But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much plunder.

2 Chronicles 28:8

The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters, and also took away much plunder from them, and brought the plunder to Samaria.

Esther 3:13

Letters were sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their possessions.

Esther 8:11

In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,

Psalms 109:11

Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.

Isaiah 10:2

to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

Isaiah 10:6

I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me I will give him a command to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 11:14

They will fly down on the shoulders of the Philistines on the west. Together they will plunder the children of the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon will obey them.

Isaiah 17:14

At evening, behold, terror! Before the morning, they are no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.

Isaiah 24:3

The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.

Isaiah 33:23

Your rigging is untied. They couldn’t strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn’t spread the sail. Then the prey of a great plunder was divided. The lame took the prey.

Isaiah 42:22

But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become captives, and no one delivers, and a plunder, and no one says, ‘Restore them!’

Isaiah 42:24

Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn’t Yahweh, he against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in his ways, and they disobeyed his law.

Jeremiah 20:5

Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all its gains, and all its precious things, yes, I will give all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies. They will make them captives, take them, and carry them to Babylon.

Jeremiah 30:16

Therefore all those who devour you will be devoured. All your adversaries, everyone of them, will go into captivity. Those who plunder you will be plunder. I will make all who prey on you become prey.

Jeremiah 50:37

A sword is on their horses, on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her; and they will become as women. A sword is on her treasures, and they will be robbed.

Ezekiel 26:12

They will make a plunder of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses. They will lay your stones, your timber, and your dust in the middle of the waters.

Ezekiel 29:19

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will carry off her multitude, take her plunder, and take her prey. That will be the wages for his army.

Ezekiel 38:12

to take the plunder and to take prey; to turn your hand against the waste places that are inhabited, and against the people who are gathered out of the nations, who have gotten livestock and goods, who dwell in the middle of the earth.’

Ezekiel 38:13

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions of it, will ask you, ‘Have you come to take the plunder? Have you assembled your company to take the prey, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’ ” ’

Ezekiel 39:10

so that they will take no wood out of the field, and not cut down any out of the forests; for they will make fires with the weapons. They will plunder those who plundered them, and rob those who robbed them,” says the Lord Yahweh.

Amos 3:11

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.”

Nahum 2:9

Take the plunder of silver. Take the plunder of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.

Zephaniah 2:9

Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.