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Exodus 29:9

“And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חָגַרchâgar · khaw-gar'
H2296 · Hebrew
Definition
to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, [idiom] on every side.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • חָגַרְתָּ֩ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqq2ms
Usage
Occurs 44 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 12:11Leviticus 8:7Leviticus 8:7Leviticus 8:13Leviticus 16:4

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.