TBESH · H6203
עֹ֫רֶף · o.reph · neck
1) neck, back of the neck, back 1a) back of the neck 1a1) of fleeing foe 1a2) of apostasy (fig.) 1b) stiff of neck, obstinate (fig.)
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o.reph H6203
עֹ֫רֶף (o.reph) means “neck” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
עֹ֫רֶף Hebrew · H6203 33 tagged occurrences in 32 verses
Pronunciation guide: o-ref' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H6202 (עָרַף); the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)
KJV glosses: back ((stiff-) neck((-ed).
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How translators render H6203
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| their necks | 6 |
| their backs | 3 |
| retreat | 2 |
| your necks | 2 |
| and stiff-necked you are | 1 |
| by the neck | 1 |
| his back | 1 |
| his neck | 1 |
| its back | 1 |
| my back | 1 |
| of its neck | 1 |
| shall be on the necks | 1 |
| their backs on him | 1 |
| your neck | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a stiffnecked | 6 |
| their necks | 4 |
| backs | 2 |
| his neck | 2 |
| me the necks | 2 |
| neck | 2 |
| their neck | 2 |
| and be no more stiffnecked | 1 |
| and thy neck | 1 |
| back | 1 |
| but made their neck | 1 |
| by my neck | 1 |
| in the neck | 1 |
| like to the neck | 1 |
| now be ye not stiffnecked | 1 |
| the back | 1 |
| their backs | 1 |
| them the back | 1 |
| turn their backs | 1 |
| unto me the back | 1 |
Verses containing H6203
Page 1 of 1. 32 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 49:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
Read word by word - Exodus 23:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
Read word by word - Exodus 32:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
Read word by word - Exodus 33:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”
Read word by word - Exodus 33:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
Read word by word - Exodus 34:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”
Read word by word - Leviticus 5:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He is to bring them to the priest, who shall first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the front of its neck without severing it;
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 9:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 9:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 10:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 31:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
Read word by word - Joshua 7:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
Read word by word - Joshua 7:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 22:41
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 17:14
· BSB · 2 occurrences
But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 29:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 30:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 36:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 9:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 9:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 9:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
Read word by word - Job 16:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
Read word by word - Psalms 18:40
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.41
- Proverbs 29:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
Read word by word - Isaiah 48:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 2:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’
Read word by word - Jeremiah 7:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 17:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 18:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 19:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 32:33
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 48:39
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”
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