King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1505
Transliteration: gezar
Phonetic Spelling: (ghez-ar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cut, determine
Meaning: to quarry, determine
Word Summary
gezar: to cut, determine
Original Word: גְּזַרTransliteration: gezar
Phonetic Spelling: (ghez-ar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cut, determine
Meaning: to quarry, determine
Strong's Concordance
cut out, soothsayer (Aramaic) corresponding to gazar; to quarry; determine -- cut out, soothsayer.
see HEBREW gazar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1505. gezar
[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) Daniel 2:27; 5:11; emphatic גָָּֽזְרַיָּא 4:4; 5:7 (compare Dr.; Arabic RSJPhil. xiii (1885), 781).
Hithpe`el Perfect3feminine singular הִתְגְּזֶרֶת Daniel 2:34 a stone was cut out, so ׳אִתְג (K§ § 23, 1; 30, 2) 2:45 (with מִן of source).