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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 Box Gen 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8 - “Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
your father’s sons shall bow down before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:27 - I will send my terror before you and will throw into confusion all the people against whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:9 - And the LORD said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5 - For the LORD had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 - He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first the one for the sin offering. He shall wring its head from its neck but shall not sever it completely,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6 - “Know, therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:13 - “Furthermore, the LORD said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the LORD. How much more after my death!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:8 - O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction.[fn] I will be with you no more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41 - You made my enemies turn their backs to me,[fn]
those who hated me, and I destroyed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - But they would not listen, but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6 - For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They have forsaken him and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD and turned their backs.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Do not now be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD and come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever, and serve the LORD your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 - “But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.[fn] But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, which if a person does them, he shall live by them, and they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:12 - I was at ease, and he broke me apart;
he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his target;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:40 - You made my enemies turn their backs to me,[fn]
and those who hated me I destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 - He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck,
will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:4 - Because I know that you are obstinate,
and your neck is an iron sinew
and your forehead brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27 - who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their back to me,
and not their face.
But in the time of their trouble they say,
‘Arise and save us!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck, that they might not hear and receive instruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:17 - Like the east wind I will scatter them
before the enemy.
I will show them my back, not my face,
in the day of their calamity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, behold, I am bringing upon this city and upon all its towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their neck, refusing to hear my words.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:33 - They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them persistently, they have not listened to receive instruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.”
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