Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H232
אֵזוֹר
e.zor · “girdle”
Used 14 times across 5 books
Definition
1) waist-cloth, the innermost piece of clothing
1a) of God's power over kings (fig.)
1b) of faithfulness (metaph)
2) waistband
1a) of God's power over kings (fig.)
1b) of faithfulness (metaph)
2) waistband
Where it appears
2 Kings1
Job1
Isaiah3
Jeremiah8
Ezekiel1
In the text
2 Kings 1:8And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.Job 12:18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.Isaiah 5:27None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:Isaiah 11:5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.Jeremiah 13:1Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.Jeremiah 13:2So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins.Jeremiah 13:4Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.Jeremiah 13:6And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.Jeremiah 13:7Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.Jeremiah 13:10This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
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