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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 BoxGen 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8 - Juda, thy brethren have praised thee, and thy hands shall be on the back of thine enemies; thy father's sons shall do thee reverence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:27 - And I will send terror before thee, and I will strike with amazement all the nations to which thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies to flee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - And I will bring thee into a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up with thee, because thou art a stiff-necked people, lest I consume thee by the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5 - For the Lord said to the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people; take heed lest I bring on you another plague, and destroy you: now then put off your glorious apparel, and your ornaments, and I will shew thee what I will do to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - and said, If I have found grace before thee, let my Lord go with us; for the people is stiff-necked: and thou shalt take away our sins and our iniquities, and we will be thine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 - And he shall bring them to the priest, and the priest shall bring the sin-offering first; and the priest shall pinch off the head from the neck, and shall not divide the body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6 - And thou shalt know to-day, that it is not for thy righteousnesses the Lord thy God gives thee this good land to inherit, for thou art a stiff-necked people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:13 - And the Lord spoke to me, saying, I have spoken to thee once and again, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - [fn]Therefore ye shall circumcise the hardness of your heart, and ye shall not harden your neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For I know thy provocation, and thy stiff neck; for yet during my life with you at this day, ye have been provoking in your conduct toward God: how shall ye not also be so after my death?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:8 - And what shall I say since Israel has turned his [fn]back before his enemy?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - And the children of Israel will not be able to stand before their enemies; they will turn their [fn]back before their enemies, for they have become an accursed thing: I will not any longer be with you, unless ye remove the cursed thing from yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41 - And thou hast caused [fn]mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and thou hast slain them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - But they hearkened not, and made their [fn]neck harder than the neck of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6 - For our fathers have revolted, and done that which was evil before the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their face from the tabernacle of the Lord, and have turned their back.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - And now harden not your hearts, as your fathers did: give glory to the Lord God, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, and he shall turn away his fierce anger from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - in that he rebelled against king Nabuchodonosor, which he adjured him by God not to do: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart, so as not to return to the Lord God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 - But they and our fathers behaved proudly, and hardened their neck, and did not hearken to thy commandments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - and refused to listen, and remembered not thy wonders which thou wroughtest with them; and they hardened their neck, and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt: but thou, O God, art merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and thou didst not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - And thou didst testify against them, to bring them back to thy law: but they hearkened not, but sinned against thy commandments and thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them; and they turned their back, and hardened their neck, and heard not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:12 - When I was at peace he distracted me: he took me by the hair of the head, and plucked it out: he set me up as a mark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:40 - (LXX 17:41) And thou hast made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and thou hast destroyed them that hated me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 - A reprover is better than a stiff-necked man: for when the latter is suddenly set on fire, there shall be no remedy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:4 - I know that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy forehead brazen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27 - They said to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast begotten me: and they have turned their backs to me, and not their faces: yet in the time of their afflictions they will say, Arise, and save us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - but they hearkened not to me, and their ear gave no heed; and they made their neck harder than their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - But they hearkened not, and inclined not their ear, but stiffened their neck more than their fathers did, so as not to hear me, and not to receive correction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:17 - I will scatter them before their enemies like an east wind; I will shew them the day of their destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - Behold, I bring upon this city, and upon all the cities belonging to it, and upon the villages of it, all the evils which I have spoken against it, because they have hardened their neck, that they might not hearken to my commands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:33 - (LXX 39:33) And they turned the back to me, and not the face: whereas I taught them early in the morning, but they hearkened no more to receive instruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - (LXX 31:39) How has he changed! how has Moab turned his back! Moab is put to shame, and become a laughing-stock, and an object of anger to all that are round about him.
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