חָגַרchâgar
gird, gird on, gird oneself
Pronunciation: khaw-gar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2296
Meanings
Qal: girded (Proverbs 31:17; Exodus 29:9; Isaiah 15:3)
1. gird (Exodus 29:9; Leviticus 8:13)
2. gird on, bind on, (= gird oneself with) (Psalms 109:19; Isaiah 15:3; Isaiah 22:12)
3. gird oneself (Leviticus 16:4; Psalms 65:13; Psalms 76:11)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 44 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 12:11 “These are your instructions for eating this meal: Be fully dressed, wear your sandals, and carry your walking stick in your hand. Eat the meal with urgency, for this is the Lord’s Passover.
- Exodus 29:9 Wrap the sashes around the waists of Aaron and his sons, and put their special head coverings on them. Then the right to the priesthood will be theirs by law forever. In this way, you will ordain Aaron and his sons.
- Leviticus 8:7 He put the official tunic on Aaron and tied the sash around his waist. He dressed him in the robe, placed the ephod on him, and attached the ephod securely with its decorative sash.
- Leviticus 8:13 Next Moses presented Aaron’s sons. He clothed them in their tunics, tied their sashes around them, and put their special head coverings on them, just as the Lord had commanded him.
- Leviticus 16:4 He must put on his linen tunic and the linen undergarments worn next to his body. He must tie the linen sash around his waist and put the linen turban on his head. These are sacred garments, so he must bathe himself in water before he puts them on.
- Deuteronomy 1:41 “Then you confessed, ‘We have sinned against the Lord! We will go into the land and fight for it, as the Lord our God has commanded us.’ So your men strapped on their weapons, thinking it would be easy to attack the hill country.
See every passage
- Exodus 12:11, 29:9
- Leviticus 8:7, 8:13, 16:4
- Deuteronomy 1:41
- Judges 3:16, 18:11, 18:16, 18:17
- 1 Samuel 2:18, 17:39, 25:13
- 2 Samuel 3:31, 6:14, 20:8, 21:16, 22:46
- 1 Kings 20:11, 20:32
- 2 Kings 3:21, 4:29, 9:1
- Psalms 45:3, 65:12, 76:10, 109:19
- Proverbs 31:17
- Isaiah 15:3, 22:12, 32:11
- Jeremiah 4:8, 6:26, 49:3
- Lamentations 2:10
- Ezekiel 7:18, 27:31, 44:18
- Daniel 10:5
- Joel 1:8, 1:13
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).