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Lexicon :: Strong's H2296 - ḥāḡar

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חָגַר
Transliteration
ḥāḡar
Pronunciation
khaw-gar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 604

Strong’s Definitions

חָגַר châgar, khaw-gar'; a primitive root; to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.):—be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, × on every side.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's H2296 in the following manner: gird (31x), appointed (3x), gird on (3x), gird up (2x), be afraid (1x), put (1x), restrain (1x), on every side (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's H2296 in the following manner: gird (31x), appointed (3x), gird on (3x), gird up (2x), be afraid (1x), put (1x), restrain (1x), on every side (1x).

  1. to gird, gird on, gird oneself, put on a belt

    1. (Qal)

      1. to gird

      2. to gird on, bind on

      3. to gird oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָגַר châgar, khaw-gar'; a primitive root; to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.):—be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, × on every side.
STRONGS H2296: Abbreviations
† [חָגַר] verb gird, gird on, gird oneself (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חֲגַר; Arabic حَجَرَ hinder, restrain, so Syriac rfgo; Assyrian agâru, surround, in derivatives, DlW 105 ff.; Sabean מחגרת (compare Arabic مَحْجِرً, مَحَاجِر enclosed space, district, etc.), DHM in MV; also proper name, of deity and location חגר, SabDenkm3. 81. 93 CISiv. 1, No. 49 etc.) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular חָֽגְרָה Proverbs 31:17; 2nd person masculine singular וְהָגַרְתָּ֫ Exodus 29:9; 3rd person plural חָֽגְרוּ Isaiah 15:3; Lamentations 2:10; וְח׳ consecutive Ezekiel 7:18; Ezekiel 27:31; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָחְגֹּר Leviticus 16:4, וַיַּחְגֹּר Leviticus 8:7 (twice in verse) + 4 times; suffix יַחְגְּרֶ֑הָ Psalm 109:19; 2nd person masculine singular תַּחְגֹּר Psalm 76:11 (but on text see below); 3rd person masculine plural יַחְגְּרוּ Ezekiel 44:18; 2 Samuel 22:46 (but on text of both see below), וַיַּחְגְּרוּ 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Kings 20:32; 3rd person feminine plural תַּחְגֹּרְנָה Psalm 65:13; 2nd person masculine plural וַתַּחְגְּרוּ Deuteronomy 1:41; Imperative masculine singular חֲגֹּר 2 Kings 4:29; 2 Kings 9:1, חֲגוֺר Psalm 45:4; feminine singular חִגְרִיֿ Jeremiah 6:26; masculine plural חִגְרוּ 1 Samuel 25:13 + 3 times; feminine plural חֲגֹּרְנָה Jeremiah 49:3, compare חֲג֖וֺרָה Isaiah 32:11 (see below); Infinitive cstr. לַחֲגֹר Isaiah 22:12; Participle active. חֹגֵר 1 Kings 20:11; 2 Kings 3:21; passive masculine חָגוּר Judges 18:11 + 5 times; feminine construct חֲגֻרַתֿ Joel 1:8; plural חֲגוּרִים Exodus 12:11; Judges 18:16; חֲגֻרִים Daniel 10:5; —
1. transitive, gird some one, with girdle; with 2 accusative Exodus 29:9; Leviticus 8:13 (both P); passive, girded with ephod (accusative) 1 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 6:14; followed by בְּ Daniel 10:5, with accusative and בְּ, figurative Proverbs 31:17, חגרה בְּעוז מתניה Leviticus 8:7 (twice in verse) (P), with accusative מתנים gird up thy loins, i.e. make ready to go 2 Kings 4:29; 2 Kings 9:1, passive Exodus 12:11 (P); compare probably also חֲג֖וֺרָה עַלחֲֿלָצָ֑יִם Isaiah 32:11 gird upon the loins (2nd accusative omitted); on verb. form as Imperative feminine plural see AE Ki Ew§ 226 a Di Du; > as masculine singular Ol§ 234 a Ges§ 48. 5 Sta§ 591 d Kö§ 20. 12.
2. gird on, bind on (= gird oneself with), a girdle Psalm 109:19 (in simile); so especially with accusative שׂק, שׂקים of mourning Isaiah 15:3; Isaiah 22:12; Lamentations 2:10; Ezekiel 7:18; Ezekiel 27:31; 2 Samuel 3:31; Jeremiah 4:8; Jeremiah 6:26; Jeremiah 49:3; also 1 Kings 20:32 (with accusative שׂק + ב before מתנים); passive, followed by על before object of mourning Joel 1:8 (simile); absolute (שׂק omitted) Joel 1:13 (|| ספדו); followed by חֶרֶד 1 Samuel 25:13 (3 times in verse); Deuteronomy 1:41; Psalm 45:4 חרד על יָרֵךְ ח׳, so Judges 3:16; 1 Samuel 17:39 (followed by accusative + מֵעַל); with accusative of congnate meaning with verb חגורה ח׳ 2 Kings 3:21; absolute 1 Kings 20:11; passive Judges 18:11, 16, 17; 2 Samuel 20:8b (where read חֶרֶב Klo Dr — not We), 2 Samuel 21:16; read perhaps also חָגוּר for חֲגוֺר 2 Samuel 20:8 c, so Klo Dr.
3. intransitive gird oneself, followed by בְּ of thing Leviticus 16:4 (P), so בַיָּ֑זַע לֹא יַח׳ they shall not gird themselves with sweat (?), but strike out Syriac Version Co Sgfr; with accusative of thing (figurative) גִּיל גְּבָעוֺת תַּח׳ Psalm 65:13 with rejoicing the hills gird themselves; compare שְׁאֵרִית חֵמֹת תַּחְ׳ Psalm 76:11 with a remnant (residue) of wraths thou girdest thyself, so Hi Hup De VB; but very doubtful; Greek Version of the LXX Bö Ew read תְּחָגָּ֑ךָ for תַּחגר; Bae Ka omit line as corrupt; compare further Che and critical note — וְיַחְגְּרוּ 2 Samuel 22:46 is text error for וְיַחְרְגוּ, compare || Psalm 18:46; so Now Hup Kit and others.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

12:11; 12:11; 29:9; 29:9

Leviticus

8:7; 8:7; 8:13; 16:4; 16:4

Deuteronomy

1:41; 1:41

Judges

3:16; 18:11; 18:11; 18:16; 18:16; 18:17

1 Samuel

2:18; 17:39; 25:13; 25:13; 25:13

2 Samuel

3:31; 6:14; 20:8; 20:8; 21:16; 22:46; 22:46

1 Kings

20:11; 20:11; 20:32; 20:32

2 Kings

3:21; 3:21; 4:29; 4:29; 9:1; 9:1

Psalms

18:46; 45:4; 45:4; 65:13; 65:13; 76:11; 76:11; 109:19; 109:19

Proverbs

31:17; 31:17

Isaiah

15:3; 15:3; 22:12; 22:12; 32:11; 32:11

Jeremiah

4:8; 6:26; 6:26; 49:3; 49:3

Lamentations

2:10; 2:10

Ezekiel

7:18; 7:18; 27:31; 27:31; 44:18

Daniel

10:5; 10:5

Joel

1:8; 1:8; 1:13

H2296

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Strong's Number H2296 matches the Hebrew חָגַר (ḥāḡar),
which occurs 44 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:11 - This is how you shall eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's Pesach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9 - You shall dress them with belts, Aharon and his sons, and bind headbands on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aharon and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:7 - He put the coat on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put the efod on him, and he tied the skillfully woven band of the efod on him, and fastened it to him with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:13 - Moshe brought Aharon's sons, and clothed them with coats, and tied sashes on them, and put headbands on them; as the LORD commanded Moshe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:4 - He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches on his body, and shall put on the linen sash, and he shall be dressed with the linen turban. They are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water, and put them on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41 - Then you answered and said to me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. You girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his clothing on his right thigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:11 - There set forth from there of the family of the Dani, out of Tzor`ah and out of Eshta'ol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 - The six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, and the efod, and the terafim, and the molten image: and the Kohen stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 - But Shemu'el ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen efod.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - David girded his sword on his clothing, and he tried to go; for he had not proved it. David said to Sha'ul, I can't go with these; for I have not proved them. David put them off him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:13 - David said to his men, Gird you on every man his sword. They girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the baggage.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - David said to Yo'av, and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Aviner. King David followed the bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:14 - David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen efod.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - When they were at the great stone which is in Giv`on, `Amasa came to meet them. Yo'av was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a sash with a sword fastened on his loins in the sheath of it; and as he went forth it fell out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:16 - and Yishbi-Benov, who was of the sons of the Rafa, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:46

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:46 - The foreigners shall fade away, Shall come trembling out of their close places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:11 - The king of Yisra'el answered, Tell him, Don't let him who girds on his armor boast himself as he who puts it off.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Yisra'el, and said, Your servant Ben-Hadad says, please let me live. He said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21 - Now when all the Mo`avim heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29 - Then he said to Gechazi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go your way: if you meet any man, Don't greet him; and if anyone greets you, don't answer him again: and lay my staff on the face of the child.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1 - Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up your loins, and take this vial of oil in your hand, and go to Ramot-Gil`ad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:3 - Gird your sword on your thigh, mighty one: Your splendor and your majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:12 - The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:10 - Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:19 - Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, For the belt that is always around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:17 - She girds her loins with strength, And makes her arms strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3 - In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, everyone wails, weeping abundantly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:12 - In that day did the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:11 - Tremble, you women who are at ease; be troubled, you careless ones; strip yourselves, and make yourselves naked, and gird sackcloth on your loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD hasn't turned back from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - Daughter of my people, gird you with sackcloth, and wallow yourself in ashes: make you mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come on us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - Wail, Heshbon, for `Ai is laid waste; cry, you daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run back and forth among the fences; for Malkam shall go into captivity, his Kohanim and his princes together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 - The Zakenim of the daughter of Tziyon sit on the ground, they keep silence; They have cast up dust on their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: The virgins of Yerushalayim hang down their heads to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:18 - They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:31 - and they shall make themselves bald for you, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:18 - They shall have linen tires on their heads, and shall have linen breeches on their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causes sweat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:5 - I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with pure gold of Ufaz:

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 - Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:13 - Put on sackcloth and mourn, you Kohanim! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, For the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God's house.
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