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בִּזָּה H961
H961 is the Hebrew word בִּזָּה, transliterated bizzâh and said biz-zaw'. The King James Version most often renders it spoil.
What it means
booty.
Where it comes from
feminine of H957 (בַּז).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 9 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: prey, spoil.
Verses using בִּזָּה
All 9 verses, quoted in full.
2 Chronicles 14:14 · KJV
And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
2 Chronicles 25:13 · KJV
But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
2 Chronicles 28:14 · KJV
So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
Ezra 9:7 · KJV
Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
Nehemiah 4:4 · KJV
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
Esther 9:10 · KJV
The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
Esther 9:15 · KJV
For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
Daniel 11:24 · KJV
He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
Daniel 11:33 · KJV
And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Common questions
What does Strong's H961 mean?
H961 is the Hebrew word בִּזָּה (bizzâh), meaning booty.
How is H961 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it spoil (6 times), prey (2 times), among them the prey (1 time).
How many times does H961 appear in the Bible?
בִּזָּה (bizzâh) is tagged in 9 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H961 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine of H957 (בַּז).
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