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 39Old Testament books
- 33spellings
- 2meanings
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.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: neck, and necklace.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| neckStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 27:16She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. |
| necklaceStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein 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.
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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?’
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- בְּצַוָּ֑ארbetzavarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a neck
Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
- צַוָּאר֣וֹtzavaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: neck its
Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
- 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.’”
- בְצַוָּ֣ארvetzavarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a neck
Song of Solomon
four uses
Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.’”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- צַוָּ֖ארtzavarnoun · masculine singulartagged: neck
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.
