H1504 — גָּזַר (gazar)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H1504
Original: גָּזַר
Transliteration: gazar / gâzar
Pronunciation: gaw-zar
Part of Speech: Verb
Root: Primitive root
Occurrences: 13 tokens in 13 verses across 10 books
First Occurrence: 1 Kgs 3:25 — "Divide the living child in two"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

A primitive root; to cut down or off; figuratively to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide. KJV: cut down/off, decree, divide, snatch.

Verb Stem Distribution¶

Stem	Count	Typical Meaning
Qal	7	cut/divide actively; decree/decide
Niphal	6	be cut off / be separated

Tallied from hebrew_parser.py --lemma "גזר" for the H1504 Hebrew verb occurrences. Parser output also finds Aramaic and nominal cognates under the same consonantal root; those are excluded from this stem tally.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
he was cut off	2	15.4%
Divide / divide / divided	3	23.1%
cut off phrases	5	38.5%
decree / was decreed	2	15.4%
snatch	1	7.7%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
1 Kings	2	0.2
Psalms	2	0.1
Isaiah	2	0.2
2 Kings	1	0.1
2 Chronicles	1	0.1
Esther	1	0.6
Job	1	0.1
Lamentations	1	0.6
Ezekiel	1	0.1
Habakkuk	1	1.8

Semantic Categories¶

1. Physical Dividing / Cutting¶

1 Kgs 3:25 — "Divide the living child in two."
1 Kgs 3:26 — "Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide [it]."
2 Kgs 6:4 — "when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood."

2. Cutting Off / Separation¶

Ps 88:5 — "they are cut off from thy hand."
Isa 53:8 — "he was cut off out of the land of the living."
Ezek 37:11 — "we are cut off for our parts."

3. Deciding / Decreeing¶

Job 22:28 — "Thou shalt also decree a thing."
Esth 2:1 — "what was decreed against her."

4. Snatching / Consuming Motion¶

Isa 9:20 — "he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry."

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-vv	Typical Pattern
amar (say)	H559	4	direct speech around command/decree
lo (not)	H3808	4	negated result or contrast
melek (king)	H4428	4	royal decree/judgment narratives
ben (son)	H1121	3	1 Kings child-division narrative
chay (living)	H2416	3	"living child" / "land of the living"
erets (land)	H776	2	cut off from land/field contexts
maveth/muth (death/die)	H4191	2	cutting off in death imagery
nathan (give)	H5414	2	division/allocation context

Word Family / Cognates¶

H1509 גְּזֵרָה (gezerah) — separated/cut-off land; hapax in Lev 16:22.
H1506 גֶּזֶר (gezer) — piece/part; same cut/divide family.

Synonyms / Near Neighbors¶

H398 אָכַל (akal) — returned by search_relationships.py; overlap appears through consuming/destroying semantic fields.
H3772 כָּרַת (karath) — cut off / cut covenant; broader and more covenant-formulaic than gazar.
H2782 חָרַץ (charats) — cut/decide/determine; existing related study.
H2852 חָתַךְ (chathak) — cut/divide/determine; existing related study.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
karath	H3772	cut off	karath is common and covenant/legal; gazar is rarer and includes decree/divide
chathak	H2852	cut/determine	chathak emphasizes cutting/determining; gazar has divide/decree plus cut-off uses
charats	H2782	decide/decree/cut	charats often means determine/decide sharply; gazar remains closer to cut/divide imagery

Semantic Domains¶

search_relationships.py returns: - [002003001006] Detach — cut/separate field. - [002002002006] Non-Exist — cut off / eliminated result field. - [002004002013] Think — decree/decide side of usage. - [002003001021] Non-Whole — divided/not-whole field.

LXX Mapping¶

No dominant semantic bridge appears. The top LXX co-occurrences are narrative/function words:

Greek Equivalent	Strong's	Co-occ	Score	Notes
βασιλεύς (basileus)	G935	4	2.93	king contexts in the narratives
ὅτι (hoti)	G3754	5	2.89	conjunction; not semantically diagnostic
οὗτος (houtos)	G3778	4	1.97	demonstrative; not semantically diagnostic