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Lexicon :: Strong's H2290 - ḥăḡôr

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חֲגוֹר
Transliteration
ḥăḡôr
Pronunciation
khag-ore'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 604a,604c

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: חגורה (Strongs and Gesenius) חגר (Strongs) חגרה (Strongs) חגור (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

חֲגוֹר chăgôwr, khag-ore'; or חֲגֹר chăgôr; and (feminine) חֲגוֹרָה chăgôwrâh; or חֲגֹרָה chăgôrâh; from H2296; a belt (for the waist):—apron, armour, gird(-le).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H2290 in the following manner: girdle (3x), apron (1x), armour (1x), gird (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H2290 in the following manner: girdle (3x), apron (1x), armour (1x), gird (1x).

  1. girdle, belt

  2. girdle, loin-covering, belt, loin-cloth, armour

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲגוֹר chăgôwr, khag-ore'; or חֲגֹר chăgôr; and (feminine) חֲגוֹרָה chăgôwrâh; or חֲגֹרָה chăgôrâh; from H2296; a belt (for the waist):—apron, armour, gird(-le).
STRONGS H2290: Abbreviations
† חֲגוֺר noun [masculine] belt, girdle (distinct from אֵזוֺר waist-cloth, CheJer, in Pulpit Comm. (1883) 333; JeremLife and Times (1888) 161 RSJQ Jan. 1892, 289 ff.) — חֲגוֺר for sword 2 Samuel 20:8 (yet read probably חָגוּר, Th We Klo Dr), compare 1 Samuel 18:4; article of commerce Proverbs 31:24 (collective? or of a richly adorned girdle?).

חֲגוֺרָה noun feminine girdle, loin-covering, belt — חֲגוֺרָה Isaiah 3:24; חֲגֹרָה 2 Samuel 18:11; 2 Kings 3:21; suffix חֲגֹרָתוֺ 1 Kings 2:5; Plural חֲגֹרֹת Genesis 3:7; — girdle, loin-covering Genesis 3:7 (J); as article of women's dress Isaiah 3:24; belt of warrior 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 3:21 (חֹגֵר ח׳), compare 2 Samuel 18:11. — On חֲג֖וֺרָה Isaiah 32:11 see חְגַר 1.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:7; 3:7

1 Samuel

18:4

2 Samuel

18:11; 18:11; 20:8

1 Kings

2:5; 2:5

2 Kings

3:21; 3:21

Proverbs

31:24

Isaiah

3:24; 3:24; 32:11

H2290

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2290 matches the Hebrew חֲגוֹר (ḥăḡôr),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7 - And the eyes of both were opened, and they perceived that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons to go round them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:11 - And Joab said to the man who reported it to him, And, behold, thou didst see him: why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - And they were by the great stone that is in Gabaon: and Amessai went in before them: and Joab [fn]had upon him a military cloak over his apparel, and over it he was girded with a dagger fastened upon his loins in its scabbard: and the dagger came out, it even came out and fell.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - Moreover thou knowest all that Joab the son of Saruia did to me, what he did to the two captains of the forces of Israel, to Abenner the son of Ner, and to Amessai the son of Jether, that he slew them, and [fn]shed the blood of war in peace, and put innocent blood on his girdle that was about his loins, and on his sandal that was on his foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21 - And all Moab heard that the three kings were come up to fight against them; and they cried out [fn]on every side, even all that were girt with a girdle, [fn]and they said, Ho! and stood upon the border.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - And there shall be instead of a sweet smell, dust; and instead of a girdle, thou shalt gird thyself with a rope; and instead of a golden ornament for the head, thou shalt have baldness on account of thy works; and instead of a tunic with a scarlet ground, thou shalt gird thyself with sackcloth.
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