Hebrew verb · H6202
עָרַף
araphaw-raf'
to break the neck
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâraph
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6202is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6202
to break the neck; hence (figuratively) to destroy
The King James renders it: that is beheaded, break down, break (cut off, strike off) neck.
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
araph is rendered "to break the neck". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 13:13You 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.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
You 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.
Exodus 13:13וַעֲרַפְתּ֑וֹ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in Exodus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and you will break neck its2
- and they will break neck of1
- breaks neck of1
- he will break1
- the broken necked1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עָרַךְ | arak | to arrange | Uses74 |
| עָרַב | arab | to pledge | Uses22 |
| עָרַץ | arats | to tremble | Uses15 |
| עָרַם | aram | be shrewd | Uses6 |
| עָרַר | arar | to strip | Uses4 |
| עָרַב | arab | to grow dark | Uses3 |
| עָרַג | arag | to long for | Uses3 |
| עָרַף | araph | to drop | Uses2 |
| עָרַק | araq | to gnaw | Uses2 |
| עָרַם | aram | to pile up | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- וַעֲרַפְתּ֑וֹ2
- הָעֲרוּפָ֥ה1
- וְעָֽרְפוּ־1
- יַעֲרֹ֣ף1
- עֹ֣רֵֽף1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqq2ms/Sp3ms2Hc/Vqq2ms/Sp3ms
- Hc/Vqq3cp1Hc/Vqq3cp
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singular1HTd/Vqsfsa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HVqrmsc
Exodus
two uses
You 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.
- וַעֲרַפְתּ֑וֹvaaraftoHc/Vqq2ms/Sp3mstagged: and you will break neck its
You 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.
- וַעֲרַפְתּ֑וֹvaaraftoHc/Vqq2ms/Sp3mstagged: and you will break neck its
Deuteronomy
two uses
bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
- וְעָֽרְפוּ־vearefu-Hc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will break neck of
Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,
- הָעֲרוּפָ֥הhaarufahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: the broken necked
Isaiah
one use
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
- עֹ֣רֵֽףʾorefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: breaks neck of
Hosea
one use
Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.
- יַעֲרֹ֣ףyaarofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will break
The letters
Gematria 350· 1,070 mispar gadol
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 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.