Quick Definition
to break the neck
Strong's Definition
to break the neck; hence (figuratively) to destroy
Derivation: a primitive root (identical with through the idea of sloping); properly, to bend downward; but used only as a denominative from H6203 (עֹרֶף),
KJV Usage: that is beheaded, break down, break (cut off, strike off) neck.
TWOT Reference: 1700
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָרַף (a.raph) — to break the neck. (Qal) to break the neck (of an animal)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עֹרֶף
Impact | verb qal
to break the neck literally: to neck; hence: = causative action by which humans kill animals by breaking their neck, which is normally done to unclean animals that, according to the law, cannot be sacrificed
Impact | verb qal | ≈ שׁדד
to break down, to demolish literally: to break the neck (of an altar); hence: = causative action by which deities cause an altar to be destroyed, possible by causing its horns to be broken off
verb · עֲרִיפִים · עֲרָפֶל · רעף
Flow | verb qal
to overflow literally: to drip; hence: = state in which an area is saturated with water to the extent that it starts overflowing; this can be used for the clouds when they start producing rain, but also for the earth after abundant rain; ≈ often used figuratively to denote an abundance of good things
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָרַף] vb. denom. break the neck of an animal base