גַּרְגְּרוֹת
gargᵉrôwth · H1621 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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throat, neck
The front part of the neck, around which ornaments can be placed; only used in wisdom literature
ExamplesProverbs 1:9 For they are a graceful wreath for your head And necklaces for your neck.
Proverbs 3:3 Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 3:22 And they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
4 occurrences in 1 groups
- ךָyour 4
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 4
- לto/for 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- τράχηλος tráchēlos · G5137 · neck, to risk one’s life
- Greek τράχηλος renders Hebrew גַּרְגְּרוֹת as the anatomical neck/throat in LXX translation contexts, functioning as the direct cross-linguistic equivalent for this body-part term.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1621. gargeroth גַּרְגְּרוֺת noun feminine plural neck (on formation compare BaNB 204) —…
גַּרְגְּרוֺת noun feminine plural neck (on formation compare BaNB 204) — גַּרְגְּרֹתֶ֑יךָ Pro 1:9; Pro 3:22, גַּרְגְרוֺתֶ֑ךָ Pro 3:3, גַּרְגְּרֹתֶ֑ךָ Pro 6:21 — always in figure, instruction of parents an ornament, a chain upon neck Pro 1:9, bind them upon thy neck Pro 6:21; so of mercy & truth Pro 3:3, compare Pro 3:22.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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