אֵזוֹר
ʼêzôwr · ay-zore'
something girt; a belt, also a band
Lexicon
Derivation: from H246 (אֲזִקִּים);
something girt; a belt, also a band
- something girt
- a belt, also a band
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: girdle.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to cut, to sustain › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader that works to cut, to sustain that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵזוֹר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the girdle4 · 29%
- with a girdle2 · 14%
- neither shall the girdle1 · 7%
- shall be the girdle1 · 7%
- girdle1 · 7%
- a girdle1 · 7%
- it: and, behold, the girdle1 · 7%
- them, shall even be as this girdle1 · 7%
- for as the girdle1 · 7%
- with girdles1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.