Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #232 - אֵזוֹר ezor (a waist cloth)

Original Word:	אֵזוֹר
Transliteration:	ezor
Definition:	a waist cloth
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(ay-zore')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

girdle

From 'aziqqiym; something girt; a belt, also a band -- girdle.

see HEBREW 'aziqqiym

Englishman's Concordance

1) waist-cloth, the innermost piece of clothing
1a) of God’s power over kings (figuratively)
1b) of faithfulness (metaphorically)
2) waistband
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H246
Same Word by TWOT Number: 59a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֵזוֺרnoun masculine^{Isaiah 5:27}waistcloth (Late Hebrew id., Arabic

, compare RS^{JQ Jan. 1892, 289 ff.}) — ׳א absolute Job 12:18 8t; construct 2 Kings 1:8 4t.; — of skin 2 Kings 1:8 (prophet.); of linen Jeremiah 13:1 (see Che) compare Jeremiah 13:2; Jeremiah 13:4; Jeremiah 13:6; Jeremiah 13:7; Jeremiah 13:7; Jeremiah 13:10; Jeremiah 13:11 (symbolic of Israel & Judah cleaving to ׳י); of Assyrian warriors' waistcloth,'girdle of loins'Isaiah 5:27; in wall-images of Chaldeans, בְּמָתְנַיִם׳חֲגוֺרֵי אEzekiel 23:15 (compare 2 Kings 1:18 see below אָזַר) so figurative of Yahweh's power over kings וַיֶּאְסֹר אֵזוֺר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶםJob 12:18 (׳א=fetter, compare Di; but according to RS^l.c. reference to slaves' garment); metaphor of righteousness & faithfulness Isaiah 11:5 (twice in verse) (מָתְנָיו׳א, חֲלָּצָיו׳א).

אֶזְרוֺעַ see זרע.

אֶזְרָח see זרח.

אֹחַ see I. אחח .

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 232. אֵזוֹר (ezor) — 14 Occurrences

2 Kings 1:8
HEB:בַּ֣עַל שֵׂעָ֔ר וְאֵז֥וֹר ע֖וֹר אָז֣וּר
NAS: with a leather girdle bound
KJV: and girt with a girdle of leather
INT: archer him a hairy girdle A leather bound

Job 12:18
HEB:פִּתֵּ֑חַ וַיֶּאְסֹ֥ר אֵ֝ז֗וֹר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽם׃
NAS: And binds their loins with a girdle.
KJV: and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
INT: loosens and binds A girdle their loins

Isaiah 5:27
HEB:וְלֹ֤א נִפְתַּח֙ אֵז֣וֹר חֲלָצָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א
NAS: Nor is the belt at its waist
KJV: nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins
INT: Nor undone is the belt waist Nor

Isaiah 11:5
HEB:וְהָ֥יָה צֶ֖דֶק אֵז֣וֹר מָתְנָ֑יו וְהָאֱמוּנָ֖ה
NAS: Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins,
KJV: And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins,
INT: become righteousness will be the belt of his loins and faithfulness

Isaiah 11:5
HEB:מָתְנָ֑יו וְהָאֱמוּנָ֖ה אֵז֥וֹר חֲלָצָֽיו׃
NAS: And faithfulness the belt about His waist.
KJV: and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
INT: of his loins and faithfulness the belt his loins

Jeremiah 13:1
HEB:וְקָנִ֤יתָ לְּךָ֙ אֵז֣וֹר פִּשְׁתִּ֔ים וְשַׂמְתּ֖וֹ
NAS: yourself a linen waistband and put
KJV: thee a linen girdle, and put
INT: Go and buy waistband A linen and put

Jeremiah 13:2
HEB:וָאֶקְנֶ֥ה אֶת־ הָאֵז֖וֹר כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה
NAS: So I bought the waistband in accordance with the word
KJV: So I got a girdle according to the word
INT: bought the waistband the word of the LORD

Jeremiah 13:4
HEB:קַ֧ח אֶת־ הָאֵז֛וֹר אֲשֶׁ֥ר קָנִ֖יתָ
NAS: Take the waistband that you have bought,
KJV: Take the girdle that thou hast got,
INT: Take the waistband which you have bought

Jeremiah 13:6
HEB:מִשָּׁם֙ אֶת־ הָ֣אֵז֔וֹר אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּיתִ֖יךָ
NAS: from there the waistband which
KJV: and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded
INT: and take there the waistband which commanded

Jeremiah 13:7
HEB:וָֽאֶקַּח֙ אֶת־ הָ֣אֵז֔וֹר מִן־ הַמָּק֖וֹם
NAS: and I took the waistband from the place
KJV: and took the girdle from the place
INT: and dug took the waistband from the place

Jeremiah 13:7
HEB:וְהִנֵּה֙ נִשְׁחַ֣ת הָאֵז֔וֹר לֹ֥א יִצְלַ֖ח
NAS: it; and lo, the waistband was ruined,
KJV: where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred,
INT: and lo was ruined the waistband not profitable

Jeremiah 13:10
HEB:לָהֶ֑ם וִיהִי֙ כָּאֵז֣וֹר הַזֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: to them, let them be just like this waistband which
KJV: them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good
INT: like become waistband he which

Jeremiah 13:11
HEB:כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ יִדְבַּ֨ק הָאֵז֜וֹר אֶל־ מָתְנֵי־
NAS:For as the waistband clings
KJV:For as the girdle cleaveth
INT: after clings as the waistband to the waist

Ezekiel 23:15
HEB: חֲגוֹרֵ֨י אֵז֜וֹר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֗ם סְרוּחֵ֤י
NAS: girded with belts on their loins,
KJV: Girded with girdles upon their loins,
INT: girded belts their loins flowing

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