Strong's Lexicon

H232

H232 — אֵזוֹר

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

Hebrewezowrnoun mascOccurrences: 14TWOT: 39a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H232
Word:	אֵזוֹר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H246
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	14
Transliteration:	ezowr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ay-zore'
Meaning:	1. something girt 2. a belt, also a band
KJV Renderings:	girdle.

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BDB275

אֵזוֺר noun masculine^{Isa 5:27} waistcloth (Late Hebrew id., Arabic [untranscribed source text 132], compare RS^{JQ Jan. 1892, 289 ff.}) — ׳ א absolute Job 12:18 + 8 t; construct 2Kgs 1:8 + 4 t.; — of skin 2Kgs 1:8 (prophet.); of linen Jer 13:1 (see Che) compare Jer 13:2 Jer 13:4 Jer 13:6 Jer 13:7 Jer 13:7 Jer 13:10 Jer 13:11 (symbolic of Israel & Judah cleaving to ׳ י); of Assyrian warriors' waistcloth,'girdle of loins' Isa 5:27 in wall-images of Chaldeans, בְּמָתְנַיִם ׳ חֲגוֺרֵי א Ezek 23:15 (compare 2Kgs 1:18 see below אָזַר) so figurative of Yahweh's power over kings וַיֶּאְסֹר אֵזוֺר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם Job 12:18 ( ׳ א = fetter, compare Di; but according to RS^l.c. reference to slaves' garment); metaphor of righteousness & faithfulness Isa 11:5 (twice in verse) (מָתְנָיו ׳ א, חֲלָּצָיו ׳ א).

אֶזְרוֺעַ see זרע .

אֶזְרָח see זרח .

אֹחַ see I. אחח .

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אזור (ah-zohr’)

2 Kings 1:8

KJV: And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

EHCC: and girt with a girdle of leather

Job 12:18

KJV: He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

EHCC: girdeth their loins with a girdle,

Isaiah 5:27

KJV: None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

EHCC: shall the girdle of their loins be loosed,

Isaiah 11:5

KJV: And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

EHCC: righteousness shall be the girdle of his

Jeremiah 18:1

KJV: The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

EHCC: Go and thee a linen girdle,

Ezekiel 23:15

KJV: Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:

EHCC: with girdles upon their loins,

Psalms 124:3

KJV: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

EHCC: Then they had swallowed us up