Lexicon
בִּזָּה
biz.zah
H0961
H:N-F Hebrew

plunder

10
Occurrences
5
Books
Hebrew
Language

biz.zah denotes goods seized or available for seizure in conflict, and can also name plundering as a calamity suffered.

The term most often concerns goods taken, left behind, distributed, or deliberately not seized after conflict; in two verses it appears among the harms endured through defeat and captivity.

Senses in use

  1. Goods seized or available for seizure · dominant

    The feminine singular absolute noun denotes the material outcome of conflict: in 2 Chronicles 25:13 the APB renders a raid followed by taking “much plunder,” while 2 Chronicles 28:14 has armed men leave captives and the plunder before the assembly. Daniel 11:24 places it among items distributed, and Esther 9:10, Esther 9:15, and Esther 9:16 repeatedly state that, despite killing enemies, the Jews did not take it.

  2. Plundering endured as a loss · occasional

    In Daniel 11:33, the APB places it with sword, flame, and captivity among the ways the people will fall. Ezra 9:7 likewise lists it with sword, captivity, and shame as part of being delivered into the hand of foreign kings.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the term as “plunder,” while 2 Chronicles 14:13 renders the verse’s result as “spoil.” These English terms confirm the conflict-and-possession setting without establishing separate lexical senses.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture