צַוָּאר tsavvar

Hebrew word for “neck” · Strong’s H6677 · used 42 times in 39 verses

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Meaning

1) neck, back of neck; 1a) neck, back of neck (of man); 1b) neck (of animals); Aramaic equivalent: tsav.var (צַוַּאר "neck" H6676)

Senses in the lexicon

• neck (41)
• necklace (1)

How it is translated

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

• neck 28
• necks 13
• necklaces 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 27 (4), Jeremiah 28 (4), Genesis 27 (2), Judges 8 (2), Song of Solomon 4 (2), Genesis 33 (1), Genesis 41 (1), Genesis 45 (1), Genesis 46 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1)

Forms

• צוארך 9
• צואר 7
• צואריו 5
• צוארו 4
• צוארי 4
• בצוארי 2
• בצואר 2
• צואריהם 1
• לצוארי 1
• צורם 1

Words used with it

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

• עֹל ol “yoke” 10
• עָבַד avad “to serve” 7
• מוֹטָה motah “yoke” 3
• בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 5
• מוֹסֵר moser “bond” 3
• שָׁבַר shavar “to break” 4
• חֲנַנְיָהוּ chananyah “Hananiah” 3
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 5
• נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר nevukhadnetstsar “Nebuchadnezzar” 3
• שַׂהֲרוֹן saharon “crescent” 2
• עֲנָק anaq “necklace” 2
• בָּכָה bakhah “to weep” 3

Key verses

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

• Genesis 27:40 — And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from…
• Genesis 41:42 — And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
• Deuteronomy 28:48 — Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all and he shall…
• Joshua 10:24 — And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war…
• Song of Solomon 4:9 — Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
• Isaiah 8:8 — And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of…
• Isaiah 10:27 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be…
• Isaiah 30:28 — And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in…
• Jeremiah 27:2 — Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
• Lamentations 1:14 — The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me…
• Micah 2:3 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for…
• Habakkuk 3:13 — Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by…

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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.