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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6677

צַוָּאר

tsavvartsav-vawr'

neck; necklace

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

Concordance spelling: tsavvâʼr

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6677is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 15 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 33
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6677

the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)

The King James renders it: 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

tsavvar is rendered "neck; necklace". It stands 42 times in the Hebrew text, across fifteen books.

  • Nine of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "neck".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 27:16She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-three different ways.

The first use

She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

Genesis 27:16צַוָּארָֽיו׃

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

Where the word stands

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

The other 24 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: neck, and necklace.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
neckStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 27:16She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
necklaceStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • neck your9
  • neck its4
  • neck of4
  • necks his4
  • neck3
  • necks of3
  • neck his2
  • necks your2
  • on necks of2
  • with a neck2
  • for necks of1
  • from necklaces your1

and 5 more, 42 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.

The words it stands beside

All 42, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

33 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

  • בְּצַוְּארֵ֥י2
  • צַוַּ֖אר2
  • צַוָּ֖אר2
  • צַוָּארָ֖יו2
  • צַוָּארָֽיו׃2
  • צַוָּארֵ֖ךְ2
  • צַוָּארֵ֔ךְ2
  • צַוָּארֶ֔ךָ2
  • צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃2
  • בְצַוָּ֣אר1
  • בְּצַוָּ֑אר1
  • בְּֽ֭צַוָּארוֹ1

and 21 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular5HNcmpc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular5HNcmsc/Sp2ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmsc
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular4HNcmsc/Sp2fs
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HNcmpc
  • noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncmpc
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular2HR/Ncmsa
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1HNcfpc/Sp2mp
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1HNcmpc/Sp2mp
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcmpc/Sp3mp

Genesis

eight uses
  • She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

    Genesis 27:16

    • צַוָּארָֽיו׃tzavaravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: necks his
  • You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

    Genesis 27:40

    • צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃tzavarekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: neck your
  • Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

    Genesis 33:4

    • צַוָּארָ֖יוtzavaravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: neck his
  • Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.

    Genesis 41:42

    • צַוָּארֽוֹ׃tzavaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: neck his
  • Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.

    Genesis 45:14

    • צַוְּארֵ֥יtzavereinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: necks of
    • צַוָּארָֽיו׃tzavaravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: necks his
  • Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.

    Genesis 46:29

    • צַוָּארָ֔יוtzavaravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: necks his
    • צַוָּארָ֖יוtzavaravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: necks his

Deuteronomy

one use
  • you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

    Deuteronomy 28:48

    • צַוָּארֶ֔ךָtzavarekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: neck your

Joshua

two uses
  • When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.

    Joshua 10:24

    • צַוְּארֵ֖יtzavereinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: necks of
    • צַוְּארֵיהֶֽם׃tzavereihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: necks their

Judges

three uses
  • ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’

    Judges 5:30

    • לְצַוְּארֵ֥יletzavereipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for necks of
  • Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

    Judges 8:21

    • בְּצַוְּארֵ֥יbetzavereipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on necks of
  • The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.

    Judges 8:26

    • בְּצַוְּארֵ֥יbetzavereipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on necks of

Nehemiah

one use
  • Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.

    Nehemiah 3:5

    • צַוָּרָ֔םtzavaramnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: neck their

Job

three uses
  • rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.

    Job 15:26

    • בְּצַוָּ֑ארbetzavarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a neck
  • Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?

    Job 39:19

    • צַוָּאר֣וֹtzavaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: neck its
  • Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.

    Job 41:22

    • בְּֽ֭צַוָּארוֹbetzavaropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in neck its

Psalms

one use
  • Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”

    Psalms 75:5

    • בְצַוָּ֣ארvetzavarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a neck

Song of Solomon

four uses
  • Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.

    Song of Solomon 1:10

    • צַוָּארֵ֖ךְtzavarekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: neck your
  • Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.

    Song of Solomon 4:4

    • צַוָּארֵ֔ךְtzavarekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: neck your
  • You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.

    Song of Solomon 4:9

    • מִצַּוְּרֹנָֽיִךְ׃mitzaveronayikhpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: from necklaces your
  • Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.

    Song of Solomon 7:4

    • צַוָּארֵ֖ךְtzavarekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: neck your

Isaiah

four uses
  • It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!

    Isaiah 8:8

    • צַוָּ֖ארtzavarnoun · masculine singulartagged: neck
  • On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.

    Isaiah 10:27

    • צַוָּארֶ֑ךָtzavarekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: neck your
  • His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.

    Isaiah 30:28

    • צַוָּ֣ארtzavarnoun · masculine singulartagged: neck
  • Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

    Isaiah 52:2

    • צַוָּארֵ֔ךְtzavarekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: neck your

Jeremiah

nine uses
  • This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.

    Jeremiah 27:2

    • צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃tzavarekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: neck your
  • As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.

    Jeremiah 27:8

    • צַוָּאר֔וֹtzavaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: neck its
  • But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”

    Jeremiah 27:11

    • צַוָּאר֛וֹtzavaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: neck its
  • And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!

    Jeremiah 27:12

    • צַוְּארֵיכֶ֜םtzavereikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: necks your
  • Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

    Jeremiah 28:10

    • צַוַּ֖ארtzavarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: neck of
  • And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’” At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.

    Jeremiah 28:11

    • צַוַּ֖ארtzavarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: neck of
  • But shortly after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke off his neck, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

    Jeremiah 28:12

    • צַוַּ֛ארtzavarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: neck of
  • For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”

    Jeremiah 28:14

    • צַוַּ֣אר׀tzavarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: neck of
  • On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.

    Jeremiah 30:8

    • צַוָּארֶ֔ךָtzavarekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: neck your

Lamentations

two uses
  • My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

    Lamentations 1:14

    • צַוָּארִ֖יtzavarinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: neck my
  • We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.

    Lamentations 5:5

    • צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙tzavarenunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: neck our

Ezekiel

one use
  • while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.

    Ezekiel 21:29

    • צַוְּארֵי֙tzavereinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: necks of

Hosea

one use
  • Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.

    Hosea 10:11

    • צַוָּארָ֑הּtzavarahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: neck its

Micah

one use
  • Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.

    Micah 2:3

    • צַוְּארֹֽתֵיכֶ֗םtzaveroteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: necks your

Habakkuk

one use
  • You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah

    Habakkuk 3:13

    • צַוָּ֖ארtzavarnoun · masculine singulartagged: neck

The letters

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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.

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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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