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HebrewH6202Verb

עָרַף

a.raph

6Occurrences
H6202Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to break the neck; hence (figuratively) to destroy

a primitive root (identical with through the idea of sloping); properly, to bend downward; but used only as a denominative from H6203 (עֹרֶף),

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(Qal) to break the neck (of an animal)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

עָרַף appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
2
Exodus
2
Hosea
1
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 21:4BSB

bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.

Deuteronomy 21:6BSB

Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,

Exodus 13:13BSB

You must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.

Exodus 34:20BSB

You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.

Hosea 10:2BSB

Their hearts are devious;now they must bear their guilt.The LORD will break down their altarsand demolish their sacred pillars.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.