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Lexicon :: Strong's H232 - 'ēzôr

Strong's

Red Letter

אֵזוֹר

Transliteration

'ēzôr

Pronunciation

ay-zore'

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Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From אֲזִקִּים (H246)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 59a

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

waist-cloth, the innermost piece of clothing
1. of God's power over kings (fig.)
2. of faithfulness (metaph)
waistband

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H232: Abbreviations

† אֵזוֺר noun masculine^{Isaiah 5:27} waistcloth (Late Hebrew id., Arabic إِزَارً, compare RS^{JQ 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 RS^l.c. reference to slaves' garment); metaphor of righteousness & faithfulness Isaiah 11:5 (twice in verse) (מָתְנָיו א׳, חֲלָּצָיו א׳).

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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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:8

2Ki 1:8 - They [fn]answered^H559 him, “He was a hairy^H8181 man^H376 with a leather^H5785 girdle^H232 [fn]bound^H247 about his loins.”^H4975 And he said,^H559 “It is Elijah^H452 the Tishbite.”^H8664

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:18

Job 12:18 - “He loosens^H6605 the [fn]bond^H4147 of kings^H4428
And binds^H631 their loins^H4975 with a girdle.^H232

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Isa 5:27 - No^H369 one^H369 in it is weary^H5889 or stumbles,^H3782
None^H3808 slumbers^H5123 or sleeps;^H3462
Nor^H3808 is the belt^H232 at its waist^H2504 undone,^H6605
Nor^H3808 its sandal^H5275 strap^H8288 broken.^H5423

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:5

Isa 11:5 - Also righteousness^H6664 will be the belt^H232 about His loins,^H2504
And faithfulness^H530 the belt^H232 about His waist.^H2504

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Jer 13:1 - Thus^H3541 the LORD^H3068 said^H559 to me, “Go^H1980 and buy^H7069 yourself a linen^H6593 waistband^H232 and put^H7760 it around^H5921 your waist,^H4975 but do not put^H935 it in water.”^H4325

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:2

Jer 13:2 - So I bought^H7069 the waistband^H232 in accordance with the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 and put^H7760 it around^H5921 my waist.^H4975

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Jer 13:4 - “Take^H3947 the waistband^H232 that you have bought,^H7069 which^H834 is around^H5921 your waist,^H4975 and arise,^H6965 go^H1980 to [fn]the Euphrates^H6578 and hide^H2934 it there^H8033 in a crevice^H5357 of the rock.”^H5553

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:6

Jer 13:6 - After^H4480 many^H7227 days^H3117 the LORD^H3068 said^H559 to me, “Arise,^H6965 go^H1980 to the Euphrates^H6578 and take^H3947 from there^H8033 the waistband^H232 which^H834 I commanded^H6680 you to hide^H2934 there.”^H8033

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:7

Jer 13:7 - Then I went^H1980 to the Euphrates^H6578 and dug,^H2658 and I took^H3947 the waistband^H232 from the place^H4725 where^H834^H8033 I had hidden^H2934 it; and lo,^H2009 the waistband^H232 was ruined,^H7843 it was totally^H3605 worthless.^H3808^H6743

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:10

Jer 13:10 - ‘This^H2088 wicked^H7451 people,^H5971 who^H3987 refuse^H3987 to listen^H8085 to My words,^H1697 who walk^H1980 in the stubbornness^H8307 of their hearts^H3820 and have gone^H1980 after^H310 other^H312 gods^H430 to serve^H5647 them and to bow^H7812 down^H7812 to them, let them be just like this^H2088 waistband^H232 which^H834 is totally^H3605 worthless.^H3808^H6743

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:11

Jer 13:11 - ‘For as the waistband^H232 clings^H1692 to the waist^H4975 of a man,^H376 so^H3651 I made the whole^H3605 household^H1004 of Israel^H3478 and the whole^H3605 household^H1004 of Judah^H3063 cling^H1692 to Me,’ declares^H5002 the LORD,^H3068 ‘that they might be for Me a people,^H5971 for [fn]renown,^H8034 for praise^H8416 and for glory;^H8597 but they did not listen.’^H8085

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:15

Eze 23:15 - girded^H2289 with belts^H232 on their loins,^H4975 with flowing^H5628 turbans^H2871 on their heads,^H7218 all^H3605 of them looking^H4758 like officers,^H7991 [fn]like^H1823 the [fn]Babylonians^H1121^H894 in Chaldea,^H3778 the land^H776 of their birth.^H4138

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