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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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8 - To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:27 - I will send my fear before you, putting to flight all the people to whom you come; all those who are against you will go in flight, turning their backs before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:9 - And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5 - And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: if I come among you, even for a minute, I will send destruction on you; so take off all your ornaments, so that I may see what to do with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - And he said, If now I have grace in your eyes, let the Lord go among us, for this is a stiff-necked people, and give us forgiveness for our wrongdoing and our sin, and take us for your heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 - And let him take them to the priest, who will first give the sin-offering, twisting off its head from its neck, but not cutting it in two;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6 - Be certain then that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land as a reward for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:13 - And then the Lord said to me, I have seen that this people is stiff-necked:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - Let your circumcision be of the heart, and put away your pride.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For I have knowledge of your hard and uncontrolled hearts: even now, while I am still living, you will not be ruled by the Lord; how much less after my death?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:8 - O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41 - By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6 - For our fathers have done evil, sinning in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have given him up, turning away their faces from the house of the Lord, and turning their backs on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Now do not be hard-hearted, as your fathers were; but give yourselves to the Lord, and come into his holy place, which he has made his for ever, and be the servants of the Lord your God, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 - But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:12 - I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:40 - By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 - A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:4 - Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27 - Who say to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You have given me life: for their backs have been turned to me, not their faces: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Up! and be our saviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - But still they took no note and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff, doing worse than their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - But they gave no attention and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff so that they might not give ear and might not get teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:17 - I will send them in flight, as from an east wind, before the attacker; I will let them see my back and not my face on the day of their downfall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send on this town and on all her towns all the evil which I have said; because they made their necks stiff, so that they might not give ear to my words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:33 - And they have been turning their backs and not their faces to me: and though I was their teacher, getting up early and teaching them, their ears were not open to teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - How is it broken down! how is Moab's back turned in shame! so Moab will be a cause of sport and of fear to everyone round about him.
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