עֹרֶף oreph

Hebrew word for “neck” · Strong’s H6203 · used 33 times in 32 verses

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Meaning

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.)

How it is translated

Glosses given for oreph in context, with how often each is used:

• neck 27
• back 4
• will be on the neck 1
• like the neck 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Nehemiah 9 (3), Exodus 33 (2), Deuteronomy 9 (2), Joshua 7 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Exodus 23 (1), Exodus 32 (1), Exodus 34 (1), Leviticus 5 (1), Deuteronomy 10 (1)

Forms

• ערף 17
• ערפם 6
• ערפו 2
• ערפך 2
• בערף 1
• וערפכם 1
• כערף 1
• ערפכם 1
• וערפם 1
• בערפי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with oreph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• קָשָׁה qashah “to harden” 11
• קָשֶׁה qasheh “severe” 8
• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 7
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 8
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 7
• אָב av “father” 7
• פָּנָה panah “to turn” 4
• קֶרֶב qerev “entrails” 4
• זִיד zud “to boil” 2
• צָמַת tsamat “to destroy” 2
• מְרִי meri “rebellion” 2
• יָדַע yada “to know” 4

Key verses

The verses using oreph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 49:8 — Judah, 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 33:3 — Unto 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 34:9 — And 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…
• 2 Chronicles 30:8 — Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve…
• 2 Chronicles 36:13 — And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD…
• Nehemiah 9:16 — But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
• Nehemiah 9:17 — And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to…
• Nehemiah 9:29 — And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned…
• Proverbs 29:1 — He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
• Isaiah 48:4 — Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
• Jeremiah 2:27 — Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time…
• Jeremiah 7:26 — Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.