מִפְרֶקֶת
miphreqeth · H4665 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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The bone running through the area connecting the head to the rest of the body, the breaking of which is often fatal (neck-bone(s))
Examples1 Samuel 4:18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. And so he judged Israel for forty years.
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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הוּhis 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׁבַרto break, to shatter 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 2 words
- צַוָּאר tsavvâʼr · H6677 · neck
- The most common Hebrew term for 'neck' as a body part; מִפְרֶקֶת appears to be a rare anatomical term (occurring only once) while צַוָּאר is the standard word for neck in Biblical Hebrew.
- גָּרוֹן gârôwn · H1627 · throat, neck
- Another Hebrew term referring to the neck/throat area, particularly the front of the neck or throat; overlaps semantically with the neck region though may emphasize the throat more specifically.
In the other Testament 1 word
- τράχηλος tráchēlos · G5137 · neck, to risk one’s life
- Standard Greek translation-equivalent for 'neck' as a body part; the common term used in LXX and NT for neck/throat.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4665. miphreqeth [מַפְרֶ֫קֶת] noun feminine neck (dividing head from body); — suffix…
[מַפְרֶ֫קֶת] noun feminine neck (dividing head from body); — suffix מַפְרַקְתּוֺ וַתִּשָׁבֵר 1Sa 4:18.
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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