- Original: ערף
- Transliteration: `araph
- Phonetic: aw-raf'
- Definition:
1. (Qal) to break the neck (of an animal)
- Origin: a primitive root [identical with
H6201 through the idea of sloping]
- TWOT entry: 1700
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: A primitive root (rather identical with
H6201 through the idea of sloping); properly to bend downward; but used only as a denominative from
H6203 to break the neck; hence (figuratively) to destroy: - that is beheaded break down break (cut off strike off) neck.
Total KJV Occurrences: 5
• beheaded, 1
Deuteronomy 21:6
• down, 1
Hosea 10:2
• neck, 3
Exodus 13:13;
Exodus 34:20;
Isaiah 66:3