H1509 — גְּזֵרָה (gezerah)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H1509
Original: גְּזֵרָה
Transliteration: gezerah / gzerah / gᵉzêrâh
Pronunciation: ghez-ay-raw
Part of Speech: Feminine noun
Root: From the H1504 גָּזַר (gazar) cut/divide/decree root
Occurrences: 1 token in 1 verse
First Occurrence: Lev 16:22 — "unto a land not inhabited"
Hapax Legomenon: Yes — appears only once in the Bible

Lexicon Definition¶

From a cutting/separating root; a desert as separated. KJV: "not inhabited."

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
not inhabited	1	100%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Leviticus	1	0.1

Semantic Categories¶

1. Separated / Cut-Off Land¶

Lev 16:22 — "the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited."

Because H1509 is a hapax, its semantic profile is controlled by its lexical definition, its form from the גזר root, and its single usage. The word denotes a land characterized by separation from settled habitation.

Common Collocations¶

With only one verse, statistical collocations are not meaningful. Key co-occurring terms in Lev 16:22:

Word	Strong's	Co-vv	Typical Pattern
erets (land)	H776	1	"land not inhabited"
nasa (bear/carry)	H5375	1	goat bears iniquities to the land
avon (iniquity)	H5771	1	carried away from the camp/community
midbar (wilderness)	H4057	1	broader destination region in the same verse

Word Family / Cognates¶

H1504 גָּזַר (gazar) — primitive root: cut down/off, divide, decree; lexical root behind H1509.
H1506 גֶּזֶר (gezer) — piece/part; related nominal form from the same cut/divide root.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Field	Key Difference
gazar	H1504	cutting/separating root	verb root; H1509 is the resulting separated place
midbar	H4057	wilderness/desert destination	broad wilderness/open country; H1509 stresses separation/uninhabitedness
`arabah	H6160	desert/plain	terrain term; H1509 is a hapax designation of separated land

Semantic Domains¶

search_relationships.py returns: - [001002001] Land — land/place terminology. - [002003003016] Laws — likely from the "decree" side of the גזר word family; use cautiously for H1509 itself because the only occurrence is spatial.

LXX Mapping¶

No LXX alignments were returned for H1509 by search_strongs.py --lxx-map.