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Strong’s H6202 · Hebrew

עָרַף

ʻâraph · aw-raf'

Origin a primitive root (identical with through the idea of sloping); properly, to bend downward; but used only as a denominative from עֹרֶף (H6203),

Meaning to break the neck; hence (figuratively) to destroy

In the King James Version that is beheaded, break down, break (cut off, strike off) neck.

In 6 verses of the King James Version

  1. Exodus 13:13And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
  2. Exodus 34:20But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
  3. Deuteronomy 21:4And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:
  4. Deuteronomy 21:6And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
  5. Isaiah 66:3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
  6. Hosea 10:2Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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