חָגַר
cha.gar
“to gird”
Definition
to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)
a primitive root;
- to gird, gird on, gird oneself, put on a belt 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to gird 1a2) to gird on, bind on 1a3) to gird oneself
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
חָגַר appears 38 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”
Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.
On that day the Lord GOD of Hostscalled for weeping and wailing,for shaven headsand the wearing of sackcloth.
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed;cry out, O daughters of Rabbah!Put on sackcloth and mourn;run back and forth within your walls,for Milcom will go into exiletogether with his priests and officials.
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