Lexicon azar: to gird, encompass, equip Original Word: אָזַרPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: azar Phonetic Spelling: (aw-zar') Short Definition: gird NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto gird, encompass, equip NASB Translationbinds (1), bound (1), encircle (1), gird (7), girded (5), girds (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ אָזַר] verb gird, encompass, equip (Talmud id., Arabic  , Aramaic in derivation Lag BN 177 derives from  ). Qal Perfect אָֽזְרוּ 1 Samuel 2:4; Imperfect suffix יַאַזְרֵנִי Job 30:18; 2masculine singular תֶּאֱזוֺר Jeremiah 1:17; Imperative אֱזָרנָֿא Job 38:3; Job 40:7;Passive participle אָזוּר 2 Kings 1:8; — gird, gird on, followed by accusative of thingloins חֲלָצֶיךָ Job 38:3; Job 40:7, מָתְנֶיךָ Jeremiah 1:17; passive, subject אֵזוֺר, וְאֵזוֺר עוֺר אָזור בְּמָתְנָיו 2 Kings 1:8; compare active with accusative of person Job 30:18כְּפִי כֻתָּנְתִּי יַאַזְרֵנִי, subject לְבוּשִׁי see Di; figurative 1 Samuel 2:4 אָֽזְרוּ חַיִל Niph`al Participle נֶאֱזָר figurative Psalm 65:7 of God (בִּגְבוּרֶה ׳נ) girded with might. Pi`el Imperfect2masculine singular suffix וַתְּאַזְּרֵנִי Psalm 18:40; Psalm 30:12; וַתַּזְרֵנִי 2 Samuel 22:40 (Ges§ 68 R 2); Participle suffix הַמְּאַזְּרֵנִי Psalm 18:33; construct מְאַזְּרֵי Isaiah 50:11 but compare below — gird, with 2 accusative (person & thing) figurative, Psalm 18:40 = 2 Samuel 22:40; Psalm 18:33 (חַיִל); Psalm 30:12 (שִׂמְחָה); accusative of thing omitted Isaiah 45:5; accusative of person omitted מְאַזְּרֵי זִיקוֺת Isaiah 50:12; but read rather מְאִירֵי compare Isaiah 27:11 (ᵑ6 Kn Brd Di). Hithpa`el Perfect הִתְאַזָּ֑ר Psalm 93:1; Imperative הִתְאַזְּרוּ Isaiah 8:9 (twice in verse) — gird oneself, for war Isaiah 8:9 (twice in verse); with עֹז Psalm 93:1 (subject ׳י).
Strong's bind compass about, gird up, with A primitive root; to belt -- bind (compass) about, gird (up, with). |
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