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Lexicon :: Strong's H232 - 'ēzôr

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אֵזוֹר
Transliteration
'ēzôr
Pronunciation
ay-zore'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 59a

Strong’s Definitions

אֵזוֹר ʼêzôwr, ay-zore'; from H246; something girt; a belt, also a band:—girdle.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H232 in the following manner: girdle(s) (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H232 in the following manner: girdle(s) (14x).
  1. waist-cloth, the innermost piece of clothing

    1. of God's power over kings (fig.)

    2. of faithfulness (metaph)

  2. waistband

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵזוֹר ʼêzôwr, ay-zore'; from H246; something girt; a belt, also a band:—girdle.
STRONGS H232: Abbreviations
אֵזוֺר noun masculineIsaiah 5:27 waistcloth (Late Hebrew id., Arabic إِزَارً, compare RSJQ Jan. 1892, 289 ff.) — א׳ absolute Job 12:18 + 8 times; construct 2 Kings 1:8 + 4 times; — of skin 2 Kings 1:8 (prophet.); of linen Jeremiah 13:1 (see Che) compare Jeremiah 13:2; Jeremiah 13:4; Jeremiah 13:6; Jeremiah 13:7; Jeremiah 13:7; Jeremiah 13:10; Jeremiah 13:11 (symbolic of Israel & Judah cleaving to י׳); of Assyrian warriors' waistcloth,'girdle of loins' Isaiah 5:27; in wall-images of Chaldeans, בְּמָתְנַיִם חֲגוֺרֵי א׳ Ezekiel 23:15 (compare 2 Kings 1:18 see below אָזַר) so figurative of Yahweh's power over kings וַיֶּאְסֹר אֵזוֺר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם Job 12:18 (א׳ = fetter, compare Di; but according to RSl.c. reference to slaves' garment); metaphor of righteousness & faithfulness Isaiah 11:5 (twice in verse) (מָתְנָיו א׳, חֲלָּצָיו א׳).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

1:8; 1:8; 1:18

Job

12:18; 12:18

Isaiah

5:27; 5:27; 11:5

Jeremiah

13:1; 13:2; 13:4; 13:6; 13:7; 13:7; 13:10; 13:11

Ezekiel

23:15

H232

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H232 matches the Hebrew אֵזוֹר ('ēzôr),
which occurs 14 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:8 -

They replied, “A hairy man with a leather belt around his waist.”

He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:18 -

He releases the bonds[fn] put on by kings

and fastens a belt around their waists.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 -

None of them grows weary or stumbles;

no one slumbers or sleeps.

No belt is loose

and no sandal strap broken.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:5 -

Righteousness will be a belt around his hips;

faithfulness will be a belt around his waist.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:1 -

This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen undergarment and put it on.[fn] But do not put it in water.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:2 -

So I bought underwear as the LORD instructed me and put it on.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:4 -

“Take the underwear that you bought and are wearing,[fn] and go at once to the Euphrates[fn] and hide it in a rocky crevice.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:6 -

A long time later the LORD said to me, “Go at once to the Euphrates and get the underwear that I commanded you to hide there.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 -

So I went to the Euphrates and dug up the underwear and got it from the place where I had hidden it, but it was ruined ​— ​of no use at all.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:10 -

“These evil people, who refuse to listen to me, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who have followed other gods to serve and bow in worship ​— ​they will be like this underwear, of no use at all.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:11 -

“Just as underwear clings to one’s waist, so I fastened the whole house of Israel and of Judah to me” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​“so that they might be my people for my fame, praise, and glory, but they would not obey.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15 -

“wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers, a depiction of the Babylonians in Chaldea, their native land.

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