- Original: גּזז - Transliteration: Gazaz - Phonetic: gaw-zaz' - Definition: 1. to shear, mow a. (Qal) 1. to shear 2. shearer (participle) b. (Niphal) to be cut off, be destroyed - Origin: a primitive root [akin to H1468 ] - TWOT entry: 336 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root (akin to H1468 ); to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy: - cut off (down) poll shave ([sheep-]) shear (-er). Total KJV Occurrences: 15 • down, 1 Nahum 1:12 • off, 1 Jeremiah 7:29 • poll, 1 Micah 1:16 • shaved, 1 Job 1:20 • shear, 4 Genesis 31:19; Genesis 38:13; Deuteronomy 15:19; 1 Samuel 25:4 • shearers, 3 1 Samuel 25:7; 1 Samuel 25:11; Isaiah 53:7 • shearing, 1 1 Samuel 25:2 • sheepshearers, 3 Genesis 38:12; 2 Samuel 13:23; 2 Samuel 13:24