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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.
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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 Box Gen 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7 - Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:4 - Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:11 - Joab said to the man who had told him this, “What! You saw him? Why didn’t you strike him to the ground right there? Then I would have had to give you ten shekels[fn] of silver and a warrior’s belt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - While they were at the great rock in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was wearing his military tunic, and strapped over it at his waist was a belt with a dagger in its sheath. As he stepped forward, it dropped out of its sheath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - “Now you yourself know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood he stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21 - Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come to fight against them; so every man, young and old, who could bear arms was called up and stationed on the border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a sash, a rope; instead of well-dressed hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding.
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