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Lexicon :: Strong's H6203 - ʿōrep̄

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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 Box Gen 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8 -
Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise:
Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies;
Thy father’s sons shall bow down before thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:27 - I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:9 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiffnecked people, lest I consume thee in the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - And he said, If now I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in the midst of us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 - And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin-offering first, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it asunder:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6 - Know therefore, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:13 - Furthermore Jehovah spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:8 - Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41 -
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me,
That I might cut off them that hate me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in Jehovah their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6 - For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and turned their backs.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves unto Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever, and serve Jehovah your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 - But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:12 -
I was at ease, and he brake me asunder;
Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces:
He hath also set me up for his mark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:40 -
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me,
That I might cut off them that hate me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 -
He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck
Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:4 - Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27 - who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:17 - I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:33 - And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - How is it broken down! how do they wail! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all that are round about him.
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