חֲגוֹר
chăgôwr · H2290 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences
A word for 2 things
- Waistband, sash, beltClothing34 verses
- LoinclothClothing2 verses
Meanings
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girdle, belt
Long, thin strip of material, worn around the waist; made out of leather or cloth; used either to cover one's nudity or to keep one's other clothes together; sometimes associated with honor and respect
Examples1 Samuel 18:4 Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his military gear, including his sword, his bow, and his belt.
2 Samuel 20:8 When they were at the large stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was dressed in his military attire, and over it he had a belt with a sword in its sheath strapped on at his waist; and as he went forward, it fell out.
Proverbs 31:24 She makes linen garments and sells them, And supplies belts to the tradesmen.
How it’s used In 7 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
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- הוּhis 2
- חֶרֶבsword 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אֶחָדone 1
- מֹתֶןloins, waist 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- צָמַדto be fastened 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נִיme 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- עַדto, as far as, until 1
- תַּחַתunder, below, instead of 1
- בin/on/with 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חָגַרto be girded with 1
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- אֵזוֹר ʼêzôwr · H232 · loincloth, waistcloth, waistband
- אֵזוֹר is a distinct Hebrew noun referring to a belt or girdle, semantically overlapping with חֲגוֹר as a waist-binding garment, though אֵזוֹר is more commonly used for ornamental or cloth belts (e.g., Jer 13:1) while חֲגוֹר can include warrior's belts.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ζώνη zṓnē · G2223 · belt, girdle
- ζώνη is the standard Greek term for a belt or girdle worn around the waist, directly corresponding to the Hebrew חֲגוֹר as a garment item for binding or girding the waist.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Clothing001003001001002
- The noun names a waist-covering or belt: the loin coverings Adam and Eve made for themselves from fig leaves (Genesis 3:7), and the belt Jonathan gave David along with his robe and weapons (1 Samuel 18:4).
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2290. chagowr חֲגוֺר noun [masculine] belt, gridle (distinct from אֵזוֺר waist-cloth,…
חֲגוֺר noun [masculine] belt, gridle (distinct from אֵזוֺר waist-cloth, CheJer, in Pulpit Comm. (1883) 333; JeremLife and Times (1888) 161 RSJQ Jan. 1892, 289 ff.) — חֲגוֺר for sword 2Sa 20:8 (yet read probably חָגוּר, Th We Klo Dr), compare 1Sa 18:4; article of commerce Pro 31:24 (collective? or of a richly adorned girdle?).
חֲגוֺרָה noun feminine girdle, loin-covering, belt — חֲגוֺרָה Isa 3:24; חֲגֹרָה 2Sa 18:11; 2Ki 3:21; suffix חֲגֹרָתוֺ 1Ki 2:5; Plural חֲגֹרֹת Gen 3:7; — girdle, loin-covering Gen 3:7 (J); as article of women's dress Isa 3:24; belt of warrior 1Ki 2:5; 2Ki 3:21 (ח ׳חֹגֵר), compare 2Sa 18:11. — On חֲג֖וֺרָה Isa 32:11 see חְגַר 1
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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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