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hebrew #247 - אָזַר azar (to gird)


Original Word:אָזַר
Transliteration: azar
Definition:to gird, encompass, equip
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(aw-zar')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

bind compass about, gird up, with

A primitive root; to belt -- bind (compass) about, gird (up, with).


Englishman's Concordance

1) gird, encompass, equip, clothe
1a) (Qal) to gird, gird on (metaphorical of strength)
1b) (Niphal) be girded
1c) (Piel) hold close, clasp
1d) (Hithpael) gird oneself (for war)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 59

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[אָזַר] verbgird, encompass, equip (Talmud id., Arabic , Aramaic in derivation LagBN 177 derives from ).

QalPerfectאָֽזְרוּ1 Samuel 2:4; Imperfect suffix יַאַזְרֵנִיJob 30:18; 2masculine singular תֶּאֱזוֺרJeremiah 1:17; ImperativeאֱזָרנָֿאJob 38:3; Job 40:7;Passive participleאָזוּר2 Kings 1:8; — gird, gird on, followed by accusative of thingloinsחֲלָצֶיךָJob 38:3; Job 40:7, מָתְנֶיךָJeremiah 1:17; passive, subject אֵזוֺר, וְאֵזוֺר עוֺר אָזור בְּמָתְנָיו2 Kings 1:8; compare active with accusative of person Job 30:18כְּפִי כֻתָּנְתִּי יַאַזְרֵנִי, subject לְבוּשִׁי see Di; figurative 1 Samuel 2:4אָֽזְרוּ חַיִל

Niph`alParticipleנֶאֱזָר figurative Psalm 65:7 of God (בִּגְבוּרֶה׳נ) girded with might.

Pi`elImperfect2masculine singular suffix וַתְּאַזְּרֵנִיPsalm 18:40; Psalm 30:12; וַתַּזְרֵנִי2 Samuel 22:40 (Ges§ 68 R 2); Participle suffix הַמְּאַזְּרֵנִיPsalm 18:33; construct מְאַזְּרֵיIsaiah 50:11 but compare below — gird, with 2 accusative (person & thing) figurative, Psalm 18:40=2 Samuel 22:40; Psalm 18:33 (חַיִל); Psalm 30:12 (שִׂמְחָה); accusative of thing omitted Isaiah 45:5; accusative of person omitted מְאַזְּרֵי זִיקוֺתIsaiah 50:12; but read rather מְאִירֵי compare Isaiah 27:11 (ᵑ6 Kn Brd Di).

Hithpa`elPerfectהִתְאַזָּ֑רPsalm 93:1; ImperativeהִתְאַזְּרוּIsaiah 8:9 (twice in verse) — gird oneself, for war Isaiah 8:9 (twice in verse); with עֹזPsalm 93:1 (subject ׳י).


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 247. אָזַר (azar) — 16 Occurrences

1 Samuel 2:4
HEB:חַתִּ֑ים וְנִכְשָׁלִ֖ים אָ֥זְרוּ חָֽיִל׃
NAS: But the feeble gird on strength.
KJV: and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
INT: are shattered the feeble gird strength

2 Samuel 22:40
HEB: וַתַּזְרֵ֥נִי חַ֖יִל לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה
NAS:For You have girded me with strength
KJV:For thou hast girded me with strength
INT:have girded strength battle

2 Kings 1:8
HEB:וְאֵז֥וֹר ע֖וֹר אָז֣וּר בְּמָתְנָ֑יו וַיֹּאמַ֕ר
NAS: girdle bound about his loins.
KJV: man, and girt with a girdle
INT: girdle A leather bound his loins said

Job 30:18
HEB:כְּפִ֖י כֻתָּנְתִּ֣י יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי׃
NAS: is distorted; It binds me about as the collar
KJV: changed: it bindeth me about as the collar
INT: as the collar of my coat binds

Job 38:3
HEB: אֱזָר־ נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר
NAS: Now gird up your loins like a man,
KJV:Gird up now thy loins like a man;
INT:gird Now A man

Job 40:7
HEB: אֱזָר־ נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר
NAS: Now gird up your loins like a man;
KJV:Gird up thy loins now like a man:
INT:gird Now A man

Psalm 18:32
HEB: הָ֭אֵל הַמְאַזְּרֵ֣נִי חָ֑יִל וַיִּתֵּ֖ן
NAS: The God who girds me with strength
KJV: [It is] God that girdeth me with strength,
INT: the God girds strength and makes

Psalm 18:39
HEB: וַתְּאַזְּרֵ֣נִי חַ֭יִל לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה
NAS:For You have girded me with strength
KJV:For thou hast girded me with strength
INT:have girded strength battle

Psalm 30:11
HEB:פִּתַּ֥חְתָּ שַׂקִּ֑י וַֽתְּאַזְּרֵ֥נִי שִׂמְחָֽה׃
NAS: my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,
KJV: my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
INT: have loosed my sackcloth and girded gladness

Psalm 65:6
HEB:הָרִ֣ים בְּכֹח֑וֹ נֶ֝אְזָ֗ר בִּגְבוּרָֽה׃
NAS: by His strength, Being girded with might;
KJV: the mountains; [being] girded with power:
INT: the mountains his strength girded might

Psalm 93:1
HEB:יְ֭הוָה עֹ֣ז הִתְאַזָּ֑ר אַף־ תִּכּ֥וֹן
NAS: has clothed and girded Himself with strength;
KJV: with strength, [wherewith] he hath girded himself: the world
INT: the LORD strength and girded Indeed is firmly

Isaiah 8:9
HEB:מֶרְחַקֵּי־ אָ֑רֶץ הִתְאַזְּר֣וּ וָחֹ֔תּוּ הִֽתְאַזְּר֖וּ
NAS: of the earth. Gird yourselves, yet be shattered;
KJV: countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces;
INT: remote of the earth Gird yet be shattered Gird

Isaiah 8:9
HEB:הִתְאַזְּר֣וּ וָחֹ֔תּוּ הִֽתְאַזְּר֖וּ וָחֹֽתּוּ׃
NAS: yourselves, yet be shattered; Gird yourselves, yet be shattered.
KJV: yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
INT: Gird yet be shattered Gird yet be shattered

Isaiah 45:5
HEB:אֵ֣ין אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֲאַזֶּרְךָ֖ וְלֹ֥א יְדַעְתָּֽנִי׃
NAS: God. I will gird you, though you have not known
KJV: beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known
INT: is no God will gird have not known

Isaiah 50:11
HEB:קֹ֥דְחֵי אֵ֖שׁ מְאַזְּרֵ֣י זִיק֑וֹת לְכ֣וּ ׀
NAS: a fire, Who encircle yourselves with firebrands,
KJV: a fire, that compass [yourselves] about with sparks:
INT: kindle A fire encircle firebrands Walk

Jeremiah 1:17
HEB: וְאַתָּה֙ תֶּאְזֹ֣ר מָתְנֶ֔יךָ וְקַמְתָּ֙
NAS:Now, gird up your loins and arise,
KJV:Thou therefore gird up thy loins,
INT: you now gird your loins and arise

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