H0232

אֵזוֹר

e.zorH:N-M

girdle

1) waist-cloth, the innermost piece of clothing 1a) of God's power over kings (fig.) 1b) of faithfulness (metaph) 2) waistband

The KJV translates H0232 in the following manner:

girdle (26x), girdles (2x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

אֵזוֺר noun masculine^{Isa 5:27} waistcloth (Late Hebrew id., Arabic , 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 vJer 13:2 vJer 13:4 vJer 13:6 vJer 13:7 vJer 13:7 vJer 13:10 vJer 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 .

12 occurrences

II Kings (1), Job (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (7), Ezekiel (1)