Biblical Lexicon

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Conj-w | 25× in 1 sense

Plunder, spoil, booty; goods seized by force in warfare or raiding, also used of persons treated as prey

Baz (בַּז) denotes plunder or spoil — property and possessions seized by force, especially in the context of warfare. It often appears in the phrase hayah le-vaz ('become plunder'), applied both to material goods and to vulnerable people treated as prey (Num 14:3, 31; Deut 1:39). The prophets use it powerfully: Isaiah 10:6 pairs it with shalal ('spoil') in God's commission of Assyria, while Ezekiel applies it to the despoiling of the Temple (Ezek 7:21) and the plundering of nations (Ezek 29:19; 38:12–13). The word carries a raw, violent edge — it names the brutal economic reality of ancient conquest.

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Senses

1. plunder, spoil, prey — Goods, possessions, or persons seized by force, particularly in military conquest or raiding. Frequently paired with shalal ('spoil') as a near-synonym in prophetic texts (Isa 10:6; Ezek 38:12–13). The idiom hayah le-vaz ('to become plunder') appears in Num 14:3 and Jer 49:32, applied to both livestock and people. Spanish 'despojo/botín,' French 'butin/proie,' and German 'Beute' all convey the sense of forcible seizure. Ezekiel 7:21 applies it to the Temple itself being handed over to foreign plunderers. 25×

ECONOMICS_PROPERTY › Possess, Transfer, Exchange › Plunder and Spoil

AR["لِ-النَّهْبِ", "لِ-غَنِيمَةٍ", "لِلسَّلْبِ", "لِلنَّهْبِ", "نَهْبًا", "نَهْبَةً", "وَلِلنَّهْبِ"]·ben["এবং-লুঠের-জন্যে", "ডাকাতি", "লুট", "লুটরূপে", "লুটের-জন্য", "লুটের-জন্য।", "লুণ্ঠন", "লুণ্ঠনরূপে", "লুণ্ঠনের-জন্য", "লুন্ঠনের-জন্য"]·DE["Beute", "fuer-pluendere", "fuer-pluendern", "und-zu-Beute", "zur-Beute"]·EN["and-to-plunder", "as-plunder", "for-pillage", "for-plunder", "plunder", "prey", "spoil", "to-plunder"]·FR["butin", "en-proie", "et-butin", "pour-pillage", "pour-pille", "proie"]·heb["בז", "ו-ל-ביזה", "ל-בז"]·HI["और-लूट", "के-लिए-छीन", "के-लिए-लूट", "को-लूट", "को-लूटने", "छीन", "फिर", "लूट", "लूट-के-लिए", "ले-लूट"]·ID["dan-menjadi-jarahan", "jarahan", "rampasan", "rampasan;", "untuk-jarahan"]·IT["bottino", "come-bottino", "e-a-bottino", "per-saccheggia", "per-saccheggiare", "preda"]·jav["dados-jarahan", "jarahan", "kangge-jarahan", "kangge-rayahan", "kanggé-jarahan", "kanggé-rayahan", "lan-jarahan", "lan-kangge-jarahan.", "rayahan"]·KO["그리고-약탈으로", "노략-당하게", "노략거리가", "노략물로", "노략물로-", "노략물을", "말씀을-위하여-약탈이", "빼앗음을", "약탈-에게", "약탈물-로", "약탈에", "약탈을-위하여", "약탈이"]·PT["despojo", "e-para-despojo", "para-despojo", "para-saque", "por-saque", "presa", "saque"]·RU["для-добычи", "добычей", "добычу", "и-на-грабёж", "на-разграбление", "на-расхищение", "разорение"]·ES["despojo", "despojo;", "para-botín", "para-despojo", "para-despojo.", "para-despojo;", "para-despojo?", "para-saqueo", "por-saqueo", "presa", "y-para-despojo"]·SW["kuwa-nyara", "kwa-uporaji", "mali", "mateka", "na-kwa-uporaji", "nyara", "uporaji"]·TR["-için-ganimet", "-yağma-için", "ganimeti", "için-yağma", "talana", "ve-yağmaya", "yagma", "yagma-icin", "yağma", "yağma-için", "yağmaya", "yağmaya-"]·urd["اور-لوٹ-کے-لیے", "بَ-لوٹ", "غارت", "غنیمت", "لوٹ", "لوٹ-کا-مال", "لوٹ-کے-لیے", "لوٹنے-کو", "چھین-کے-لیے", "کے-لیے-لوٹ"]

Num 14:3, Num 14:31, Num 31:32, Deut 1:39, 2 Kgs 21:14, Isa 10:6, Isa 33:23, Isa 42:22, Jer 2:14, Jer 15:13, Jer 17:3, Jer 30:16 (+13 more)

BDB / Lexicon Reference

† בַּז n.[m.] spoiling, robbery; spoil, booty—בּ׳ abs. Nu 14:3 +; so also Ez 25:7 Qr (Kt בג meaningless); בַּ֑ז Je 2:14 +; but הַבָּ֔ז Nu 31:32 v. d. H.; sf. בִּזָּהּ Ez 29:19;— 1. spoiling, robbery, לְב׳ i.e. to be plundered, despoiled Ez 7:21 (of temple ‖ שָׁלָל) 23:46. 2. spoil, booty, plunder Is 10:6; 33:23 Ez 29:19; 38:12, 13 (all acc. cogn. ‖ שָׁלָל); cf. Nu 31:32 Je 15:13; 17:3; in phr.…