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Job 40:7

“Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אָזַרʼâzar · aw-zar'
H247 · Hebrew
Definition
to belt
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
bind (compass) about, gird (up, with).
Grammar
  • אֱזָר — verb Qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HVqv2ms
Usage
Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 2:42 Samuel 22:402 Kings 1:8Job 30:18Job 38:3

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָזַר here.

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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.