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Strong's H957 בַּז (baz)

Baz means “booty” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G957 — beltion (“very well”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H957
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 24
Books 6

Strong's H957 Quick Answer

Strong's H957 בַּז (baz) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. baz (baz) n-m. 1. plunder [from H962] It has 24 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include prey, spoil, booty, and spoiled. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
baz (baz) n-m. 1. plunder [from H962]
Usage
24 linked usages
Books
6 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
prey, spoil, booty, and spoiled

Meaning and Definition

baz (baz) n-m. 1. plunder [from H962] KJV: booty, prey, spoil(-ed). Root(s): H962

Original Word
בַּז
Transliteration
baz
Derivation
Root: בזז First root strongs: 962
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H957. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H957 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render baz, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

prey Numbers 14:3 17× spoil Jeremiah 15:13 booty Numbers 31:32 spoiled Jeremiah 2:14

How Strong's H957 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 24 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H957 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H957 in the Old Testament

24 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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,

Usage Excerpts

First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H957.

Numbers 14:3 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 33:23 Old Testament, KJV
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
Isaiah 42:22 Old Testament, 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 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
Jeremiah 15:13 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 30:16 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
Jeremiah 49:32 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 23:46 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.
Ezekiel 26:5 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 36:5 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
Ezekiel 38:12 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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?

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H957, grouped by book.

Numbers 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 11 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H957 FAQ

What does baz (בַּז) mean?

Baz (Strong's H957) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "booty". baz (baz) n-m. 1. plunder [from H962]

How many times is baz (בַּז) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's H957 across 6 books.

Where can I study baz (בַּז) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H957 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate baz (בַּז)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as prey, spoil, booty, and spoiled. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.