צַוָּארtsavvâʼr

צַוָּאר: neck, back of neck

Pronunciation: tsav-vawr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6677

Meanings

1. especially back of neck (Genesis 41:42; Song of Solomon 1:10; Judges 5:30)

2. neck, of animals (Judges 8:21; Judges 8:26; Hosea 10:11)

צַוָּרוֺן: necklace (Song of Solomon 4:9)

צוֺר: see צֹר

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 42 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 27:16 She covered his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skin of the young goats.
  • Genesis 27:40 You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. But when you decide to break free, you will shake his yoke from your neck.”
  • Genesis 33:4 Then Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
  • Genesis 41:42 Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and placed it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in fine linen clothing and hung a gold chain around his neck.
  • Genesis 45:14 Weeping with joy, he embraced Benjamin, and Benjamin did the same.
  • Genesis 46:29 Joseph prepared his chariot and traveled to Goshen to meet his father, Jacob. When Joseph arrived, he embraced his father and wept, holding him for a long time.
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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).