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Hebrew verb · H2296

חָגַר

chagarkhaw-gar'

to gird

44 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: châgar

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2296is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 16 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 38
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2296

to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)

The King James renders it: be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, [idiom] on every side.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

chagar is rendered "to gird". It stands 44 times in the Hebrew text, across sixteen books.

  • Five of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 12:11This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-eight different ways.

The first use

This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.

Exodus 12:11חֲגֻרִ֔ים

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in sixteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 23 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • girded8
  • and he girded5
  • and they will gird themselves2
  • gird up2
  • gird yourself2
  • gird yourselves2
  • girds on2
  • they have girded on2
  • and for girding of1
  • and gird1
  • and gird yourselves1
  • and he girded on1

and 15 more, 44 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

חָגַגchagagto celebrateUses16

All 44, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

38 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • וַיַּחְגֹּ֤ר3
  • חָג֖וּר3
  • וַיַּחְגֹּ֣ר2
  • חֲגֹ֣ר2
  • הֶחָג֖וּר1
  • וַחֲג֖וֹרָה1
  • וְחִגְר֣וּ1
  • וְחָגְר֣וּ1
  • וְחָגְר֖וּ1
  • וְחָגַרְתָּ֩1
  • וַיַּחְגֹּ֥ר1
  • וְיַחְגְּר֖וּ1

and 26 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/Vqw3ms6Hc/Vqw3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular5HVqsmsa
  • verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural3HVqsmpa
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural3HVqv2mp
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular3HVqv2ms
  • Hc/Vqq3cp2Hc/Vqq3cp
  • Hc/Vqw3mp2Hc/Vqw3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural2HVqp3cp
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HC/R/Vqcc
  • Hc/Vqq2ms1Hc/Vqq2ms
  • HC/Vqu3mp1HC/Vqu3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HC/Vqv2mp

Exodus

two uses
  • This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.

    Exodus 12:11

    • חֲגֻרִ֔יםchagurimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: girded
  • Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.

    Exodus 29:9

    • וְחָגַרְתָּ֩vechagartaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will gird

Leviticus

four uses
  • He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He tied the woven band of the ephod around him and fastened it to him.

    Leviticus 8:7

    • וַיַּחְגֹּ֤רvaiyachgorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he girded
    • וַיַּחְגֹּ֣רvaiyachgorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he girded
  • Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them, wrapped sashes around them, and tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.

    Leviticus 8:13

    • וַיַּחְגֹּ֤רvaiyachgorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he girded
  • He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself with water before he wears them.

    Leviticus 16:4

    • יַחְגֹּ֔רyachgorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will gird himself

Deuteronomy

one use
  • “We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.

    Deuteronomy 1:41

    • וַֽתַּחְגְּר֗וּvatachgeruHc/Vqw2mptagged: and you girded on

Judges

four uses
  • Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak

    Judges 3:16

    • וַיַּחְגֹּ֤רvaiyachgorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he girded
  • So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.

    Judges 18:11

    • חָג֖וּרchagurverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: girded
  • The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.

    Judges 18:16

    • חֲגוּרִים֙chagurimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: girded
  • And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.

    Judges 18:17

    • הֶחָג֖וּרhechagurthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: the girded

1 Samuel

five uses
  • Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

    1 Samuel 2:18

    • חָג֖וּרchagurverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: girded
  • David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.

    1 Samuel 17:39

    • וַיַּחְגֹּ֣רvaiyachgorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he girded
  • And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men put on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

    1 Samuel 25:13

    • חִגְר֣וּ׀chigruverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: gird on
    • וַֽיַּחְגְּרוּ֙vaiyachgeruHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they girded on
    • וַיַּחְגֹּ֥רvaiyachgorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he girded on

2 Samuel

five uses
  • Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.

    2 Samuel 3:31

    • וְחִגְר֣וּvechigruconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and gird yourselves
  • And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,

    2 Samuel 6:14

    • חָג֖וּרchagurverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: girded
  • And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.

    2 Samuel 20:8

    • חָג֣וּר׀chagurverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: girded
  • Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.

    2 Samuel 21:16

    • חָג֣וּרchagurverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: girded
  • Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.

    2 Samuel 22:46

    • וְיַחְגְּר֖וּveyachgeruHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may girdethemselves

1 Kings

two uses
  • And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”

    1 Kings 20:11

    • חֹגֵ֖רchogerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: girds on
  • So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

    1 Kings 20:32

    • וַיַּחְגְּרוּ֩vaiyachgeruHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they girded

2 Kings

three uses
  • Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.

    2 Kings 3:21

    • חֹגֵ֤רchogerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: girds on
  • So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”

    2 Kings 4:29

    • חֲגֹ֣רchagorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: gird up
  • Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

    2 Kings 9:1

    • חֲגֹ֣רchagorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: gird up

Psalms

four uses
  • Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.

    Psalms 45:3

    • חֲגֽוֹר־chagoyr-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: gird
  • The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.

    Psalms 65:12

    • תַּחְגֹּֽרְנָה׃tachgorenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they gird on
  • Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.

    Psalms 76:10

    • תַּחְגֹּֽר׃tachgorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will gird on
  • May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

    Psalms 109:19

    • יַחְגְּרֶֽהָ׃yachgerehaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he girds on it

Proverbs

one use
  • She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.

    Proverbs 31:17

    • חָֽגְרָ֣הchagerahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she girds

Isaiah

three uses
  • In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.

    Isaiah 15:3

    • חָ֣גְרוּchageruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have girded on
  • On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

    Isaiah 22:12

    • וְלַחֲגֹ֥רvelachagorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and for girding of
  • Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

    Isaiah 32:11

    • וַחֲג֖וֹרָהvachagorahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and gird

Jeremiah

three uses
  • So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

    Jeremiah 4:8

    • חִגְר֥וּchigruverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: gird yourself
  • O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

    Jeremiah 6:26

    • חִגְרִי־chigri-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: gird yourself
  • Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.

    Jeremiah 49:3

    • חֲגֹ֣רְנָהchagorenahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine pluraltagged: gird yourselves

Lamentations

one use
  • The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

    Lamentations 2:10

    • חָגְר֖וּchageruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have girded on

Ezekiel

three uses
  • They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

    Ezekiel 7:18

    • וְחָגְר֣וּvechageruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will gird themselves
  • They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.

    Ezekiel 27:31

    • וְחָגְר֖וּvechageruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will gird themselves
  • They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.

    Ezekiel 44:18

    • יַחְגְּר֖וּyachgeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will gird themselves

Daniel

one use
  • I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.

    Daniel 10:5

    • חֲגֻרִ֖יםchagurimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: girded

Joel

two uses
  • Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

    Joel 1:8

    • חֲגֻֽרַת־chagurat-verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: girded of
  • Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

    Joel 1:13

    • חִגְר֨וּchigruverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: gird yourselves

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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