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בַּז H957

H957 is the Hebrew word בַּז, transliterated baz and said baz. The King James Version most often renders it prey.

Word: בַּזTransliteration: bazSaid: bazLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 20 verses

What it means

plunder.

Where it comes from

from H962 (בָּזַז).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

prey 7×should be a prey 3×spoil 3×became a prey 2×no more be a prey 2×become a prey 1×booty 1×become a spoil 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: booty, prey, spoil(-ed).

Verses using בַּז

All 20 verses, quoted in full.

Numbers 14:3 · KJV

And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

Numbers 14:31 · KJV

But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

Numbers 31:32 · KJV

And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

Deuteronomy 1:39 · KJV

Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

2 Kings 21:14 · KJV

And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

Isaiah 10:6 · KJV

I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 42:22 · KJV

But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

Jeremiah 15:13 · KJV

Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

Jeremiah 17:3 · KJV

O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

Jeremiah 49:32 · KJV

And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 7:21 · KJV

And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.

Ezekiel 25:7 · KJV

Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 26:5 · KJV

It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

Ezekiel 29:19 · KJV

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

Ezekiel 34:8 · KJV

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

Ezekiel 34:22 · KJV

Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

Ezekiel 34:28 · KJV

And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

Ezekiel 36:4 · KJV

Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

Ezekiel 38:12 · KJV

To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

Ezekiel 38:13 · KJV

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

Common questions

What does Strong's H957 mean?

H957 is the Hebrew word בַּז (baz), meaning plunder.

How is H957 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it prey (7 times), should be a prey (3 times), spoil (3 times), became a prey (2 times), no more be a prey (2 times), among others.

How many times does H957 appear in the Bible?

בַּז (baz) is tagged in 20 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H957 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H962 (בָּזַז).

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