עֹ֫רֶף
o.reph
“neck”
Definition
the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)
from H6202 (עָרַף);
- neck, back of the neck, back 1a) back of the neck 1a1) of fleeing foe 1a2) of apostasy (fig.) 1b) stiff of neck, obstinate (fig.)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עֹ֫רֶף appears 31 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”
O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
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