Hebrew · Strong's H6202
עָרַף
araphaw-raf'
to break the neck
1890 spelling: ʻâraph
Gematria 350· 1,070 mispar gadol
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to break the neck; hence (figuratively) to destroy
Rendered in the KJV as
that is beheaded, break down, break (cut off, strike off) neck.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וַעֲרַפְתּ֑וֹ2
- הָעֲרוּפָ֥ה1
- וְעָֽרְפוּ־1
- יַעֲרֹ֣ף1
- עֹ֣רֵֽף1
How it is rendered · 5
- and you will break neck its2
- [one who] breaks [the] neck of1
- and they will break [the] neck of1
- he will break1
- the broken necked1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- Hc/Vqq2ms/Sp3ms2
- Hc/Vqq3cp1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
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- Hc/Vqq2ms/Sp3ms · 2
- Hc/Vqq3cp · 1
- HTd/Vqsfsa · 1
- HVqi3ms · 1
- HVqrmsc · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 13:13וַעֲרַפְתּ֑וֹvaaraftoHc/Vqq2ms/Sp3msYou must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.here: and you will break neck its
- Exodus 34:20וַעֲרַפְתּ֑וֹvaaraftoHc/Vqq2ms/Sp3msYou must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.here: and you will break neck its
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 21:4וְעָֽרְפוּ־vearefu-Hc/Vqq3cpbring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.here: and they will break [the] neck of
- Deuteronomy 21:6הָעֲרוּפָ֥הhaarufahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singularThen all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,here: the broken necked
Same headword in Strong's