Strong's Lexicon

H2290

H2290 — חֲגוֹר חֲגוֹר חֲגוֹרָה חֲגוֹרָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewchagowrnameOccurrences: 7TWOT: 604a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2290
Word:	חֲגוֹר חֲגוֹר חֲגוֹרָה חֲגוֹרָה
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	from H2296
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	7
Transliteration:	chagowr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khag-ore' (or chagor {khag-ore'} and (feminine) chagowrah {khag-o-raw'}; or chagorah {khag-o-raw'};) n/p.
Meaning:	1. a belt (for the waist)
KJV Renderings:	apron, armour, gird(-le).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2551

חֲגוֺר noun [masculine] belt, gridle (distinct from אֵזוֺר waist-cloth, Che^{Jer, in Pulpit Comm. (1883) 333} ; Jerem^{Life and Times (1888) 161} RS^{JQ Jan. 1892, 289 ff.}) — חֲגוֺר for sword 2Sam 20:8 (yet read probably חָגוּר, Th We Klo Dr), compare 1Sam 18:4 article of commerce Prov 31:24 (collective? or of a richly adorned girdle?).

BDB2553

חֲגוֺרָה noun feminine girdle, loin-covering, belt — חֲגוֺרָה Isa 3:24 חֲגֹרָה 2Sam 18:11; 2Kgs 3:21 suffix חֲגֹרָתוֺ 1Kgs 2:5 Plural חֲגֹרֹת Gen 3:7 — girdle, loin-covering Gen 3:7 ( J ); as article of women's dress Isa 3:24 belt of warrior 1Kgs 2:5; 2Kgs 3:21 (׳ חֹגֵר ח), compare 2Sam 18:11. — On חֲג֖וֺרָה Isa 32:11 see חְגַר 1.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חגורה (gh)

Genesis 8:7

KJV: And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.to…: Heb. in going forth and returning

EHCC: made themselves aproas. (marg. things ty

2 Samuel 18:11

KJV: And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

EHCC: ten (shekels) of silver, and a girdle,

2 Kings 8:91

EHCC: 81 thet were able to uc ‘On armour,

Isaiah 3:24

KJV: And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.

EHCC: instead of a girdle a rent;

Isaiah 32:1

KJV: Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

EHCC: l.axd gird (sackcloth) upon (your) loins,