Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H6203
עֹ֫רֶף
o.reph · “neck”
Used 33 times across 14 books
Definition
1) neck, back of the neck, back
1a) back of the neck
1a1) of fleeing foe
1a2) of apostasy (fig.)
1b) stiff of neck, obstinate (fig.)
1a) back of the neck
1a1) of fleeing foe
1a2) of apostasy (fig.)
1b) stiff of neck, obstinate (fig.)
Where it appears
Genesis1
Exodus5
Leviticus1
Deuteronomy4
Joshua2
2 Samuel1
2 Kings2
2 Chronicles3
Nehemiah3
Job1
Psalms1
Proverbs1
Isaiah1
Jeremiah7
In the text
Genesis 49:8Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.Exodus 23:27I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.Exodus 32:9And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:Exodus 33:3Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.Exodus 33:5For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.Exodus 34:9And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.Leviticus 5:8And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:Deuteronomy 9:6Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.Deuteronomy 9:13Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
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