H6203 ערף - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon Number

ערף
‛ôreph
o-ref'
From H6202; the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence the back generally (whether literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: back ([stiff-]) neck ([-ed]).

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions

BDB6402

ערף

1. neck, back of the neck, back
a. back of the neck
1. of fleeing foe
2. of apostasy (fig.)
b. stiff of neck, obstinate (fig.)
Origin: from H6202
TWOT: 1700a
Parts of Speech: Noun Masculine

TBESH:

עֹ֫רֶף: o.reph; H:N-M; neck; 1) 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.)

View how H6203 ערף is used in the Bible

First 30 of 33 occurrences of H6203 ערף

Genesis 49:8	shall be on the neck
Exodus 23:27	turn their backs
Exodus 32:9	and, behold, it is a stiffnecked
Exodus 33:3	of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked
Exodus 33:5	Ye are a stiffnecked
Exodus 34:9	us; for it is a stiffnecked
Leviticus 5:8	his neck,
Deuteronomy 9:6	for thou art a stiffnecked
Deuteronomy 9:13	and, behold, it is a stiffnecked
Deuteronomy 10:16	and be no more stiffnecked.
Deuteronomy 31:27	neck:
Joshua 7:8	their backs
Joshua 7:12	their backs
2 Samuel 22:41	me the necks
2 Kings 17:14	their necks,
2 Kings 17:14	like the neck
2 Chronicles 29:6	their backs.
2 Chronicles 30:8	Now be ye not stiffnecked,
2 Chronicles 36:13	his neck,
Nehemiah 9:16	their necks,
Nehemiah 9:17	their necks,
Nehemiah 9:29	their neck,
Job 16:12	me by my neck,
Psalms 18:40	me the necks
Proverbs 29:1	his neck,
Isaiah 48:4	and thy neck
Jeremiah 2:27	their back
Jeremiah 7:26	their neck:
Jeremiah 17:23	but made their neck
Jeremiah 18:17	them the back,

Distinct usage

4	their necks,
2	and, behold, it is a stiffnecked
2	his neck,
2	me the necks
1	of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked
1	for thou art a stiffnecked
1	and be no more stiffnecked.
1	neck:
1	like the neck
1	their backs.
1	their neck,
1	their neck:
1	but made their neck
1	to me the back,
1	his neck,
1	Ye are a stiffnecked
1	turn their backs
1	their backs
1	them the back,
1	their back
1	and thy neck
1	the back
1	shall be on the neck
1	Now be ye not stiffnecked,
1	me by my neck,
1	us; for it is a stiffnecked
1	their backs

Corresponding Greek Words

oreph G2588 kardia
oreph G2864 kome
oreph G3577 notos
oreph G5137 trachelos

Related words

H6203

H6202 ערף ‛âraph

ערף
‛âraph
aw-raf'
A primitive root (rather identical with H6201 through the idea of sloping); properly to bend downward; but used only as a denominative from H6203, to break the neck; hence (figuratively) to destroy

KJV Usage: that is beheaded, break down, break (cut off, strike off) neck.

H6204 ערפּה ‛orpâh

ערפּה
‛orpâh
or-paw'
Feminine of H6203; mane; Orpah, a Moabitess

KJV Usage: Orpah.

H6202 ערף ‛âraph

KJV Usage: that is beheaded, break down, break (cut off, strike off) neck.