Occurrences
ʻôreph occurs 35 times in 33 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (5), Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (5), Joshua (2), 2 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (3), Nehemiah (3), Job (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (7)
- Genesis 49:8 — Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck (בְּעֹ֣רֶף) of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
- Exodus 23:27 — I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs (עֹֽרֶף) unto thee.
- Exodus 32:9 — And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked (עֹ֖רֶף) people:
- Exodus 33:3 — Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked (עֹ֙רֶף֙) people: lest I consume thee in the way.
- Exodus 33:5 — For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked (עֹ֔רֶף) people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
- Exodus 34:9 — And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked (עֹ֙רֶף֙) people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
- Leviticus 5:8 — And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck (עָרְפּ֖וֹ), but shall not divide it asunder:
- Deuteronomy 9:6 — Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked (עֹ֖רֶף) people.
- Deuteronomy 9:13 — Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked (עֹ֖רֶף) people:
- Deuteronomy 10:16 — Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked (וְעָ֨רְפְּכֶ֔ם).
- Deuteronomy 21:4 — And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:
- Deuteronomy 21:4 — And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:
- Deuteronomy 31:27 — For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck (עָרְפְּךָ֖): behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
- Joshua 7:8 — O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs (עֹ֖רֶף) before their enemies!
- Joshua 7:12 — Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs (עֹ֗רֶף) before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
- 2 Samuel 22:41 — Thou hast also given me the necks (עֹ֑רֶף) of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
- 2 Kings 17:14 — Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks (עָרְפָּם֙), like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
- 2 Kings 17:14 — Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck (כְּעֹ֣רֶף) of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
- 2 Chronicles 29:6 — For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs (עֹֽרֶף).
- 2 Chronicles 30:8 — Now be ye not stiffnecked (עָרְפְּכֶ֖ם), as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
- 2 Chronicles 36:13 — And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck (עָרְפּוֹ֙), and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
- Nehemiah 9:16 — But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks (עָרְפָּ֔ם), and hearkened not to thy commandments,
- Nehemiah 9:17 — And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks (עָרְפָּ֔ם), and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
- Nehemiah 9:29 — And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck (וְעָרְפָּ֥ם), and would not hear.
- Job 16:12 — I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck (בְּ֭עָרְפִּי), and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
- Psalms 18:40 — Thou hast also given me the necks (עֹ֑רֶף) of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
- Proverbs 29:1 — He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck (עֹ֑רֶף), shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Isaiah 48:4 — Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck (עָרְפֶּ֔ךָ) is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
- Jeremiah 2:27 — Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back (עֹ֖רֶף) unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
- Jeremiah 7:26 — Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck (עָרְפָּ֔ם): they did worse than their fathers.
- Jeremiah 17:23 — But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck (עָרְפָּ֔ם) stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
- Jeremiah 18:17 — I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back (עֹ֧רֶף), and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
- Jeremiah 19:15 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks (עָרְפָּ֔ם), that they might not hear my words.
- Jeremiah 32:33 — And they have turned unto me the back (עֹ֖רֶף), and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
- Jeremiah 48:39 — They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back (עֹ֥רֶף) with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.