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מָזוֹר

𐤌𐤆𐤅𐤓

mâzôwr

H4204 noun

SILEX Entry

Root זור to turn aside, to be estranged, to be foreign

Definition

A wound, especially an injury or sore resulting from violence or affliction; in a minority of contexts, possibly an abstract sense related to injury or suffering. The term chiefly denotes a physical wound or lesion, and does not inherently carry the sense of 'treachery' or 'plot' in concrete biblical usage.

Semantic Range

wound, sore, injury (literal); affliction or national calamity (metaphoric); rarely, suffering

Root / Etymology

Derived from the root זוּר (זור), meaning 'to turn aside,' 'to be a stranger,' or 'to be estranged,' but the exact relationship between the root idea and the noun is uncertain. The noun מָזוֹר appears as a rare nominal formation possibly drawing on the idea of something 'turned aside' or 'out of place,' hence an injury or lesion. Some suggest a root connection to 'foreignness' or 'estrangement,' but this is lexically secondary.

Historical & Contextual Notes

מָזוֹר occurs rarely in the Hebrew Bible, attested in texts such as Jeremiah 30:13 and Hosea 5:13, where it refers clearly to a physical wound or injury, often parallel to similar terms such as מַכָּה (strike, plague) or חַבּוּרָה (bruise). The term sometimes appears in metaphorical uses to describe the afflictions of the Israelite nation, but its base meaning remains a medical or physical wound. Unlike terms with moral or legal connotations (such as עָוֹן, 'iniquity'), מָזוֹר retains a primarily physical sense. Some translation traditions render מָזוֹר as 'incurable wound' or even apply metaphor to indicate 'lethal injury,' but 'treachery' reflects a semantic confusion with roots relating to 'turning aside' that is not supported contextually. In later periods, this word is not productive in post-biblical Hebrew, and its usage fades. No major evidence supports the KJV-influenced reading 'treachery.'

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from זוּר in the sense of turning aside from truth; treachery, i.e. a plot; wound.

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Root Family

זור (z-w-r) — to turn aside, to be estranged, to be foreign

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H2114 זוּר with foreign ones
H2115 זוּר she will press her
H2116 זוּרֶה the winnowed one
H2223 זַרְזִיר girded swift-beast of
H4205 מָזוֹר binding bandage

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H4204-01 מָזוֹר֙ mazor HNcmsa a snare wound 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H4204-01 Obadiah 1:7 מָזוֹר֙ mazor HNcmsa a snare wound
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