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Lexicon :: Strong's H6203 - ʿōrep̄

Aa
עֹרֶף
Transliteration
ʿōrep̄
Pronunciation
o-ref'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1700a

Strong’s Definitions

עֹרֶף ʻôreph, o-ref'; from H6202; the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative):—back (stiff-) neck(-ed).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H6203 in the following manner: neck (17x), back (7x), stiffnecked (with H7186) (4x), stiffnecked (3x), backs (with H310) (1x), stiffnecked (with H7185) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H6203 in the following manner: neck (17x), back (7x), stiffnecked (with H7186) (4x), stiffnecked (3x), backs (with H310) (1x), stiffnecked (with H7185) (1x).

  1. neck, back of the neck, back

    1. back of the neck

      1. of fleeing foe

      2. of apostasy (fig.)

    2. stiff of neck, obstinate (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֹרֶף ʻôreph, o-ref'; from H6202; the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative):—back (stiff-) neck(-ed).
STRONGS H6203: Abbreviations
† עֹ֫רֶף noun masculineDeuteronomy 31:27 back of neck, neck; — ע׳ absolute Joshua 7:12 +; construct Genesis 49:8 +; suffix עָרְפִּי Job 16:12, עָרְפְּךָ Deuteronomy 31:27, etc.; —
1. back of neck of fleeing foe וגו'בְּע'יָֽדְךָ Genesis 49:8 (poem in J), compare וְאָחַז בְּעָרְמִּי Job 16:12 (figurative); Exodus 23:27 (E), Psalm 18:41 = 2 Samuel 22:41; turn (הָפַח, פָּנָה) one's back before (לִפְנֵי) a foe Joshua 7:8, 12 (JE), absolute Jeremiah 48:39; figurative of apostasy אֶל ע'פָּנָה Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 32:33 (opposed to פָנִים פָּנָח) absolute וַיִּתְּנּוּ ע׳ 2 Chronicles 29:6; of י׳'s disfavour וְלֹא פָנִים אֶרְאֵם ע׳ Jeremiah 18:17 with the back and not the face will I look at them.
2. figurative in קְשֵׁהעֿ׳ stiff of neck, i.e. obstinate, of Israel Exodus 32:8; Exodus 33:3, 5; Exodus 34:9 (all J E), Deuteronomy 9:6, 13; הַקָּשֶׁה עָרְפְּךָ Deuteronomy 31:27; with verb הִקְשָׁה ע׳ i.e. be obstinate, intractable Deuteronomy 10:16; Jeremiah 7:26; Jeremiah 17:23; Jeremiah 19:15; 2 Kings 17:14 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 9:16, 17, 29; 2 Chronicles 30:8; compare גִּיד בַּרְזֶל ע׳ Isaiah 48:4 (|| קָשֶׁה אָ֑תָּה); הִקְשָׁה ע׳ of individual 2 Chronicles 36:13; Proverbs 29:1.
3. of bird: nip its head מִמּוּל עָרְפּוֹ Leviticus 5:8 (P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:8; 49:8

Exodus

23:27; 32:8; 33:3; 33:5; 34:9

Leviticus

5:8

Deuteronomy

9:6; 9:13; 10:16; 31:27; 31:27; 31:27

Joshua

7:8; 7:12; 7:12

2 Samuel

22:41

2 Kings

17:14

2 Chronicles

29:6; 30:8; 36:13

Nehemiah

9:16; 9:17; 9:29

Job

16:12; 16:12

Psalms

18:41

Proverbs

29:1

Isaiah

48:4

Jeremiah

2:27; 7:26; 17:23; 18:17; 19:15; 32:33; 48:39

H6203

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6203 matches the Hebrew עֹרֶף (ʿōrep̄),
which occurs 33 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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“As for you, Judah H3063, your brothers H251 shall praise H3034 you;

Your hand H3027 shall be on the neck H6203 of your enemies H340;

Your father’s H1 sons H1121 shall bow H2331 down H2331 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:9 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “I have seen H7200 this H2088 people H5971, and behold H2009, they are [fn]an obstinate H7186 H6203 people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - “Go up to a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706; for I will not go H5927 up H5927 in your midst H7130, because H3588 you are [fn]an obstinate H7186 H6203 people H5971, and I might H6435 destroy H3615 you on the way H1870.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5 - For the LORD H3068 had said H559 to Moses H4872, “Say H559 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, ‘You are [fn]an obstinate H7186 H6203 people H5971; if I [fn]were to go H5927 up H5927 in your midst H7130 for just one H259 moment H7281, I would destroy H3615 you. So now H6258, take H3381 off H3381 your [fn]jewelry H5716 that I may know H3045 what H4100 I shall do H6213 to you.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - Then he said H559, “If H518 in any H4994 way H4994 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in Your sight H5869, Lord H136, please H4994 may the Lord H136 go H1980 along in our midst H7130, even H3588 though H3588 [fn]the people H5971 are so obstinate H7186 H6203, and pardon H5545 our wrongdoing H5771 and our sin H2403, and take H5157 us as H5157 Your own [fn]possession H5157.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 - ‘He shall bring H935 them to the priest H3548, who shall first H7223 offer H7126 that which H834 is for the sin H2403 offering H2403, and shall pinch H4454 off H4454 its head H7218 at the front H4136 of its neck H6203, but he shall not sever H914 it.

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“Know H3045, then, that it is not because of your righteousness H6666 that the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you this H2088 good H2896 land H776 to possess H3423, for you are a [fn]stubborn H7186 H6203 people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:13 - “The LORD H3068 also said H559 to [fn]me, ‘I have seen H7200 this H2088 people H5971, and indeed H2009, it is a [fn]stubborn H7186 H6203 people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - “So circumcise H4135 [fn]your heart H3824, and do not stiffen H7185 your neck H6203 any H5750 longer H5750.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - “For I know H3045 your rebellion H4805 and your [fn]stubbornness H7186 H6203; behold H2005, as long H5750 as I have been alive H2416 with you until today H3117, you have been H1961 rebellious H4784 against H5973 the LORD H3068; how H637 much H637 H3588 more H637 H3588, then, after H310 my death H4194?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - “Therefore the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 cannot H3201 H3808 stand H6965 against H6440 their enemies H340; they turn H6437 their [fn]backs H6203 before H6440 their enemies H340, because H3588 they have become H1961 designated H2764 for H2764 destruction H2764. I will not be with you anymore H3254 unless H518 H3808 you eliminate H8045 from your midst H7130 the things H2764 designated H2764 for H2764 destruction H2764.

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“You have also made H5414 my enemies H340 turn H5414 their backs H6203 to me,

And I [fn]destroyed H6789 those who hated H8130 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - However, they did not listen H8085, but stiffened H7185 their neck H6203 [fn]like their fathers H1, who H834 did not believe H539 in the LORD H3068 their God H430.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6 - “For our fathers H1 have been H4603 unfaithful H4603 and have done H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 our God H430, and they have abandoned H5800 Him and turned H5437 their faces H6440 away H5437 from the dwelling H4908 place H4908 of the LORD H3068, and have [fn]turned H5414 their backs H6203.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - “Now H6258 do not stiffen H7185 your neck H6203 like your fathers H1, but [fn]yield H5414 H3027 to the LORD H3068 and enter H935 His sanctuary H4720 which H834 He has consecrated H6942 forever H5769, and serve H5647 the LORD H3068 your God H430, that His burning H2740 anger H639 may turn H7725 away H7725 from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - He also H1571 rebelled H4775 against King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019, who H834 had made him swear H7650 allegiance by God H430. But he stiffened H7185 his neck H6203 and hardened H553 his heart H3824 against H4480 turning H7725 to the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478.

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“But they, our fathers H1, acted H2102 arrogantly H2102;

They [fn]became H7185 H6203 stubborn H7185 H6203 and would not listen H8085 to Your commandments H4687.

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“They refused H3985 to listen H8085,

And did not remember H2142 Your wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which H834 You performed H6213 among H5973 them;

So they became H7185 H6203 stubborn H7185 H6203 and appointed H5414 a leader H7218 to return H7725 to their slavery H5659 in [fn]Egypt H4714.

But You are a God H433 of forgiveness H5547,

Gracious H2587 and compassionate H7349,

Slow H750 to anger H639 and abounding H7227 in [fn]mercy H2617;

And You did not abandon H5800 them.

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And admonished H5749 them in order to turn H7725 them back H7725 to Your Law H8451.

Yet they acted H2102 arrogantly H2102 and did not listen H8085 to Your commandments H4687 but sinned H2398 against Your ordinances H4941,

Which H834, if a person H120 [fn]follows H6213 them, then he will live H2421 by them.

And they [fn]turned H5414 a stubborn H5637 shoulder H3802 and stiffened H7185 their neck H6203, and would not listen H8085.

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“I was at ease H7961, but He shattered H6565 me,

And He has grasped H270 me by my neck H6203 and shaken H6327 me to H6327 pieces H6327;

He has also set H6965 me up H6965 as His target H4307.

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You have also made H5414 my enemies H340 turn H5414 their backs H6203 to me,

And I [fn]destroyed H6789 those who hated H8130 me.

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A person H376 [fn]often rebuked H8433 who [fn]becomes H7185 H6203 obstinate H7185 H6203

Will suddenly H6621 be broken H7665 [fn]beyond H369 remedy H4832.

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“Because H4480 I know H3045 that you are [fn]obstinate H7186,

And your neck H6203 is an iron H1270 tendon H1517

And your forehead H4696 bronze H5154,

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Who say H559 to a tree H6086, ‘You are my father H1,’

And to a stone H68, ‘You gave H3205 me birth H3205.’

For they have turned H6437 their backs H6203 to Me,

And not their faces H6440;

But in the time H6256 of their [fn]trouble H7451 they will say H559,

‘Arise H6965 and save H3467 us!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - “Yet they did not listen H8085 to Me or incline H5186 their ear H241, but stiffened H7185 their neck H6203; they did H7489 more H4480 evil H7489 than H4480 their fathers H1.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - “Yet they did not listen H8085 or incline H5186 their ears H241, but stiffened H7185 their necks H6203 so as not to listen H8085 or accept H3947 discipline H4148.

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‘Like an east H6921 wind H7307 I will scatter H6327 them

Before H6440 the enemy H340;

I will [fn]show H7200 them My back H6203 and not My face H6440

In the day H3117 of their disaster H343.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: ‘Behold H2009, I am going to bring H935 on this H2088 city H5892 and all H3605 its towns H5892 the entire H3605 disaster H7451 that I have declared H1696 against H5921 it, because H3588 they have stiffened H7185 their necks H6203 so as not to listen H8085 to My words H1697.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:33 - “They have turned H6437 their back H6203 to Me and not their face H6440; though I taught H3925 them, teaching H3925 again H7925 and again H3925, they would not listen H8085 to accept H3947 discipline H4148.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - “How H349 [fn]shattered H2865 it is! How they have wailed H3213! How H349 Moab H4124 has turned H6437 his back H6203—he is H954 ashamed H954! So Moab H4124 will become H1961 a laughingstock H7814 and an object H4288 of H4288 terror H4288 to all H3605 around H5439 him.”
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