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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

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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, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck H6203 of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:27 - I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs H6203 unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:9 - And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked H6203 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 H6203 people: lest I consume thee in the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5 - For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked H6203 people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and 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 grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked H6203 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 his head from his neck, H6203 but shall not divide it asunder:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6 - Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked H6203 people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:13 - Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked H6203 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. H6203

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: H6203 behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:8 - O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs H6203 before their enemies!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs H6203 before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41 - Thou hast also given me the necks H6203 of mine enemies, that I might destroy 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 necks, H6203 like to the neck H6203 of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD 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 eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs. H6203

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Now be ye not stiffnecked, H6203 as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath 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, H6203 and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD 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 necks, H6203 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 necks, H6203 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 of great kindness, 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 thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, H6203 and would not hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:12 - I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, H6203 and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:40 - Thou hast also given me the necks H6203 of mine enemies; that I might destroy 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, H6203 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 H6203 is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27 - Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back H6203 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 hardened their neck: H6203 they did worse than their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck H6203 stiff, that they might not hear, nor 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 shew them the back, H6203 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 the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, H6203 that they might 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, H6203 and not the face: 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 - They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back H6203 with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
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