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Strong's #6203 - עֹרֶף
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1) neck, back of the neck, back
1a) back of the neck
1a1) of fleeing foe
1a2) of apostasy (figuratively)
1b) stiff of neck, obstinate (figuratively)
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2580) pro (אהרפ AhRP) AC: Behead CO: Neck AB: ?: [from: ro- as the neck is exposed skin] (eng: giraffe; scruff - of the neck and the additional s)
V) pro (אהרפ AhRP) - Behead: To severe the neck from the body or to break the neck. KJV (6): (vf: Paal) neck, strike, behead, cut - Strongs: H6202 (עָרַף)
Nm) pro (אהרפ AhRP) - Neck: KJV (33): neck, back - Strongs: H6203 (עֹרֶף)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 back of neck of fleeing foe ׳וגו׳יָָֽדְךָ בְּע Genesis 49:8 (poem in J), compare וְאָחַזבְּעָרְמִּי Job 16:12 (figurative); Exodus 23:27 (E), Psalm 18:41 = 2 Samuel 22:41; turn (הָפַח, מָּנָה) one's back before (לִפְנֵי) a foe Joshua 7:8,12 (JE), absolute Jeremiah 48:39; figurative of apostasy אֶל׳מָּנָה ע Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 32:33 (opposed to מָּנָה פָנִים) absolute ׳וַיִּתְּנּוּ ע 2 Chronicles 29:6; of ׳י s disfavour וְלֹא פָנִים אֶרְאֵם׳ע Jeremiah 18:17 with the back and not the face will I look at them.
2 figurative in ׳קְשֵׁהעֿ stiff of neck, i.e. obstinate, of Israel Exodus 32:8; Exodus 33:3,5; Exodus 34:9 (all J E), Deuteronomy 9:6,13; עָרְמְּךָ הַקָּשֶׁה Deuteronomy 31:27; with verb ׳הִקְשָׁה ע i.e. be obstinate, intractable Deuteronomy 10:16; Jeremiah 7:26; Jeremiah 17:23; Jeremiah 19:15; 2 Kings 17:14 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 9:16,17,29; 2 Chronicles 30:8; compare ׳גִּיד בַּרְזֶל ע Isaiah 48:4 ("" קָשֶׁה אָ֑תָּה); ׳הִקְשָׁה ע of individual 2 Chronicles 36:13; Proverbs 29:1.
3 of bird: nip its headמִמּוּל עָרְמּוֺ Leviticus 5:8 (P).
עֹרֶף m. the neck of an animal, Leviticus 5:8 (Arabic عُرْفُ mane), of a man, Job 16:12, and so frequently. Observe the phrases
(a) נָתַן עֹרֶף to give the neck, i.e. to turn back, 2 Chronicles 29:6 and פָּנָה עֹרֶף־אֶל to turn the back to any one, i.e. to turn oneself away from any one, Jeremiah 2:27, 32:33.
(b) פָּנָה עֹרֶף Joshua 7:12, and חָפַךְ עֹרֶף Joshua 7:8, to turn the back, i.e. to flee, Syriac ܐܦܰܢܝܺ ܚܰܨܳܐ, and Pers. دشت دادن. Here belongs Exodus 23:27, נָתַתִּי אֶת־כָּל־אֹיְבֶיךָ אֵלֶיךָ עֹרֶף “I have made for thee the back of all thy enemies,” I have made them turn their backs, I have put them to flight. Psal. 18:41.
(c) קְשֵׁח עֹרֶף hard of neck, i.e. obstinate, see קָשֶׁה, compare the Lat. tantis cervicibus est, Cic. Verr. iii. 95.
