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# אָזַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H247

**gird** — used 16 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

gird [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/247/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אָזַר: vb. gird, encompass, equip [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/247/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. gird, encompass, equip (Talm. id., Arabic أَزَّرَ, Aramaic in deriv. LagBN 177 der. from وَزَرَ ). Pf. אָֽזְרוּ 1 S 2:4; Impf. sf. יַאַזְרֵנִי Jb 30:18; 2 ms. תֶּאֱזוֹר Je 1:17; Imv. אֱזָר־נָא Jb 38:3; 40:7; Pt. pass. אָזוּר 2 K 1:8;—gird, gird on, sq. acc. rei loins חֲלָצֶיךָ Jb 38:3; 40:7, מָחְנֶיךָ Je 1:17; pass., with אֵזוֹר, וְאֵזוֹר עוֹר אָזוּר בְּמָתְנָיו 2 K 1:3; cf. act. c. acc. pers. Jb 30:18 כְּפִי כֻתָּנְתִּי יַאַזְרֵנִי, subj. לְבוּשִׁי v. Di; fig. 1 S 2:4 אָֽזְרוּ חַיִל. Pt. נֶאְזָר fig. ψ 65:7 of God (נ׳ בִּגְבוּרָה) girded with might. Impf. 2 ms. sf. וַתְּאַזְּרֵנִי ψ 18:40; 30:12; וַתַּזְרִנִי 2 S 22:40 (Ges§ 68 R 2); Pt. sf. הַמְּאַזְּרֵנִי ψ 18:33; cstr. מְאַזְּרֵי Is 50:11 but cf. infr.—gird, c. 2 acc. (pers. & rei) fig., ψ 18:40 = 2 S 22:40 ψ 18:33 (חַיִל); ψ 30:12 (שִׂמְחָה); acc. rei om. Is 45:5; acc. pers. om. מְאַזְּרֵי זִיקוֹת Is 50:11; but read rather מְאִירֵי cf. 27:11 (𝔖 Kn Brd Di). Pf. הִתְאַזָּ֑ר ψ 93:1; Imv. הִתְאַזְּרוּ Is 8:9(×2)—gird oneself, for war Is 8:9(×2); with עֹז ψ 93:1 (subj. י׳).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: you (3); gird up (2); gird yourselves (2).

## In the verses

[1 Samuel 2:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.4/#tree)

קֶ֥שֶׁת גִּבֹּרִ֖ים חַתִּ֑ים וְנִכְשָׁלִ֖ים אָ֥זְרוּ חָֽיִל׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].bow of.warriors \[are\].shattered and \[those.who\].stumble they.gird.on strength

*JPS 1917:* The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

[Psalms 65:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.65.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.65.7/#tree)

מֵכִ֣ין הָרִ֣ים בְּכֹח֑וֹ נֶ֝אְזָ֗ר בִּגְבוּרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[who\].established mountains by strength his \[who\].is.girded with might

*JPS 1917:* Who by Thy strength settest fast the mountains, who art girded about with might;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/247.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/247/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).