צַוָּאר
tsavvâʼr · tsav-vawr'
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
Lexicon
Derivation: or צַוָּר; (Nehemiah 3:5), or צַוָּרֹןlemma צַוָּרן missing vowel, corrected to צַוָּרֹן; (Song of Solomon 4:9), or (feminine) צַוָּארָה; (Micah 2:3), intensively from H6696 (צוּר) in the sense of binding;
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: neck.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader › the head, the highest
To pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צַוָּאר 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
42 occurrences · 42 OT · 0 NT · 33 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- neck4 · 11%
- from off thy neck3 · 8%
- on his neck3 · 8%
- upon the necks2 · 5%
- necks2 · 5%
- thy neck2 · 5%
- of thy neck2 · 5%
- their neck2 · 5%
- your necks2 · 5%
- of his neck1 · 3%
- about his neck1 · 3%
- upon his neck1 · 3%
- upon thy neck1 · 3%
- meet for the necks1 · 3%
- not their necks1 · 3%
- upon him, even on his neck1 · 3%
- his neck1 · 3%
- in his neck1 · 3%
- of jewels, thy neck1 · 3%
- even to the neck1 · 3%
- of the neck1 · 3%
- them upon thy neck1 · 3%
- from the neck1 · 3%
- from off the neck1 · 3%
- upon the neck1 · 3%
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.