Lexicon :: Strong's H6203 - ʿōrep̄

עֹרֶף

Transliteration

ʿōrep̄

Pronunciation

o-ref'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From עָרַף (H6202)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1700a

Strong's Info

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

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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).

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

STRONGS H6203: Abbreviations

† עֹ֫רֶף noun masculine^{Deuteronomy 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).

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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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H6203 matches the Hebrew עֹרֶף (ʿōrep̄),
which occurs 33 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Gen 49:8

Gen 49:8 - Judah,^H3063 thou art he whom thy brethren^H251 shall praise:^H3034 thy hand^H3027 shall be in the neck^H6203 of thine enemies;^H341 thy father's^H1 children^H1121 shall bow down^H7812 before thee.

Exo 23:27

Exo 23:27 - I will send^H7971 my fear^H367 before^H6440 thee, and will destroy^H2000 all the people^H5971 to whom thou shalt come,^H935 and I will make^H5414 all thine enemies^H341 turn their backs^H6203 unto thee.

Exo 32:9

Exo 32:9 - And the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto Moses,^H4872 I have seen^H7200 this people,^H5971 and, behold, it is a stiffnecked^H7186^H6203 people:^H5971

Exo 33:3

Exo 33:3 - Unto a land^H776 flowing^H2100 with milk^H2461 and honey:^H1706 for I will not go up^H5927 in the midst^H7130 of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked^H7186^H6203 people:^H5971 lest I consume^H3615 thee in the way.^H1870

Exo 33:5

Exo 33:5 - For the LORD^H3068 had said^H559 unto Moses,^H4872 Say^H559 unto the children^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 Ye are a stiffnecked^H7186^H6203 people:^H5971 I will come up^H5927 into the midst^H7130 of thee in a^H259 moment,^H7281 and consume^H3615 thee: therefore now put off^H3381 thy ornaments^H5716 from thee, that I may know^H3045 what to do^H6213 unto thee.

Exo 34:9

Exo 34:9 - And he said,^H559 If now I have found^H4672 grace^H2580 in thy sight,^H5869 O Lord,^H136 let my Lord,^H136 I pray thee, go^H3212 among^H7130 us; for it is a stiffnecked^H7186^H6203 people;^H5971 and pardon^H5545 our iniquity^H5771 and our sin,^H2403 and take us for thine inheritance.^H5157

Lev 5:8

Lev 5:8 - And he shall bring^H935 them unto the priest,^H3548 who shall offer^H7126 that which is for the sin offering^H2403 first,^H7223 and wring off^H4454 his head^H7218 from^H4136 his neck,^H6203 but shall not divide it asunder:^H914

Deu 9:6

Deu 9:6 - Understand^H3045 therefore, that the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414 thee not this good^H2896 land^H776 to possess^H3423 it for thy righteousness;^H6666 for thou art a stiffnecked^H6203^H7186 people.^H5971

Deu 9:13

Deu 9:13 - Furthermore the LORD^H3068 spake^H559 unto me, saying,^H559 I have seen^H7200 this people,^H5971 and, behold, it is a stiffnecked^H6203^H7186 people:^H5971

Deu 10:16

Deu 10:16 - Circumcise^H4135 therefore the foreskin^H6190 of your heart,^H3824 and be no more stiffnecked.^H6203^H7185

Deu 31:27

Deu 31:27 - For I know^H3045 thy rebellion,^H4805 and thy stiff^H7186 neck:^H6203 behold, while I am yet alive^H2416 with you this day,^H3117 ye have been rebellious^H4784 against the LORD;^H3068 and how much more after^H310 my death?^H4194

Jos 7:8

Jos 7:8 - O^H994 Lord,^H136 what shall I say,^H559 when^H310 Israel^H3478 turneth^H2015 their backs^H6203 before^H6440 their enemies!^H341

Jos 7:12

Jos 7:12 - Therefore the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 could^H3201 not stand^H6965 before^H6440 their enemies,^H341 but turned^H6437 their backs^H6203 before^H6440 their enemies,^H341 because they were accursed:^H2764 neither will I be with you any more,^H3254 except^H3808 ye destroy^H8045 the accursed^H2764 from among^H7130 you.

2Sa 22:41

2Sa 22:41 - Thou hast also given^H5414 me the necks^H6203 of mine enemies,^H341 that I might destroy^H6789 them that hate^H8130 me.

2Ki 17:14

2Ki 17:14 - Notwithstanding they would not hear,^H8085 but hardened^H7185 their necks,^H6203 like to the neck^H6203 of their fathers,^H1 that did not believe^H539 in the LORD^H3068 their God.^H430

2Ch 29:6

2Ch 29:6 - For our fathers^H1 have trespassed,^H4603 and done^H6213 that which was evil^H7451 in the eyes^H5869 of the LORD^H3068 our God,^H430 and have forsaken^H5800 him, and have turned away^H5437 their faces^H6440 from the habitation^H4908 of the LORD,^H3068 and turned^H5414 their backs.^H6203

2Ch 30:8

2Ch 30:8 - Now be ye not stiffnecked,^H7185^H6203 as your fathers^H1 were, but yield^H5414 yourselves^H3027 unto the LORD,^H3068 and enter^H935 into his sanctuary,^H4720 which he hath sanctified^H6942 for ever:^H5769 and serve^H5647 the LORD^H3068 your God,^H430 that the fierceness^H2740 of his wrath^H639 may turn away^H7725 from you.

2Ch 36:13

2Ch 36:13 - And he also rebelled^H4775 against king^H4428 Nebuchadnezzar,^H5019 who had made him swear^H7650 by God:^H430 but he stiffened^H7185 his neck,^H6203 and hardened^H553 his heart^H3824 from turning^H7725 unto the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel.^H3478

Neh 9:16

Neh 9:16 - But they and our fathers^H1 dealt proudly,^H2102 and hardened^H7185 their necks,^H6203 and hearkened^H8085 not to thy commandments,^H4687

Neh 9:17

Neh 9:17 - And refused^H3985 to obey,^H8085 neither were mindful^H2142 of thy wonders^H6381 that thou didst^H6213 among them; but hardened^H7185 their necks,^H6203 and in their rebellion^H4805 appointed^H5414 a captain^H7218 to return^H7725 to their bondage:^H5659 but thou art a God^H433 ready to pardon,^H5547 gracious^H2587 and merciful,^H7349 slow^H750 to anger,^H639 and of great^H7227 kindness,^H2617 and forsookest^H5800 them not.

Neh 9:29

Neh 9:29 - And testifiedst^H5749 against them, that thou mightest bring them again^H7725 unto thy law:^H8451 yet they dealt proudly,^H2102 and hearkened^H8085 not unto thy commandments,^H4687 but sinned^H2398 against thy judgments,^H4941 (which if a man^H120 do,^H6213 he shall live^H2421 in them;) and withdrew^H5414^H5637 the shoulder,^H3802 and hardened^H7185 their neck,^H6203 and would not hear.^H8085

Job 16:12

Job 16:12 - I was at ease,^H7961 but he hath broken me asunder:^H6565 he hath also taken^H270 me by my neck,^H6203 and shaken me to pieces,^H6327 and set me up^H6965 for his mark.^H4307

Psa 18:40

Psa 18:40 - Thou hast also given^H5414 me the necks^H6203 of mine enemies;^H341 that I might destroy^H6789 them that hate^H8130 me.

Pro 29:1

Pro 29:1 - He,^H376 that being often reproved^H8433 hardeneth^H7185 his neck,^H6203 shall suddenly^H6621 be destroyed,^H7665 and that without remedy.^H4832

Isa 48:4

Isa 48:4 - Because I knew^H1847 that thou art obstinate,^H7186 and thy neck^H6203 is an iron^H1270 sinew,^H1517 and thy brow^H4696 brass;^H5154

Jer 2:27

Jer 2:27 - Saying^H559 to a stock,^H6086 Thou art my father;^H1 and to a stone,^H68 Thou hast brought me forth:^H3205 for they have turned^H6437 their back^H6203 unto me, and not their face:^H6440 but in the time^H6256 of their trouble^H7451 they will say,^H559 Arise,^H6965 and save^H3467 us.

Jer 7:26

Jer 7:26 - Yet they hearkened^H8085 not unto me, nor inclined^H5186 their ear,^H241 but hardened^H7185 their neck:^H6203 they did worse^H7489 than their fathers.^H1

Jer 17:23

Jer 17:23 - But they obeyed^H8085 not, neither inclined^H5186 their ear,^H241 but made their neck^H6203 stiff,^H7185 that they might not hear,^H8085 nor receive^H3947 instruction.^H4148

Jer 18:17

Jer 18:17 - I will scatter^H6327 them as with an east^H6921 wind^H7307 before^H6440 the enemy;^H341 I will shew^H7200 them the back,^H6203 and not the face,^H6440 in the day^H3117 of their calamity.^H343

Jer 19:15

Jer 19:15 - Thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 the God^H430 of Israel;^H3478 Behold, I will bring^H935 upon this city^H5892 and upon all her towns^H5892 all the evil^H7451 that I have pronounced^H1696 against it, because they have hardened^H7185 their necks,^H6203 that they might not hear^H8085 my words.^H1697

Jer 32:33

Jer 32:33 - And they have turned^H6437 unto me the back,^H6203 and not the face:^H6440 though I taught^H3925 them, rising up early^H7925 and teaching^H3925 them, yet they have not hearkened^H8085 to receive^H3947 instruction.^H4148

Jer 48:39

Jer 48:39 - They shall howl,^H3213 saying, How is it broken down!^H2865 how hath Moab^H4124 turned^H6437 the back^H6203 with shame!^H954 so shall Moab^H4124 be a derision^H7814 and a dismaying^H4288 to all them about^H5439 him.

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