עָרַף
ʻâraph · aw-raf'
to break the neck; hence (figuratively) to destroy
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (identical with through the idea of sloping); properly, to bend downward; but used only as a denominative from H6203 (עֹרֶף),
to break the neck; hence (figuratively) to destroy
- to break the neck
- hence, (figuratively) to destroy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: that is beheaded, break down, break (cut off, strike off) neck.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the head, the highest › to speak, the word
To see and know of the head, the highest that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָרַף 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- neck2 · 25%
- it, then thou shalt break his neck1 · 13%
- him not, then shalt thou break his neck1 · 13%
- and shall strike off1 · 13%
- that is beheaded1 · 13%
- as if he cut off1 · 13%
- he shall break down1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
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.