To gird
אָזַרStrong’s H0247azar (a-zar)
Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Azar is the Hebrew word usually translated “gird up”, “girded me” and “gird yourselves”. It appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
“The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.”
Meaning
- Gird, encompass, equip, clothe(Qal) to gird, gird on (metaphorical of strength) · (Niphal) be girded · (Piel) hold close, clasp · (Hiphpael) gird oneself (for war)
How it's translated
- gird up 2
- and you girded me 2
- gird yourselves 2
- they gird on 1
- and you have girded me 1
- girded 1
- he girds about me 1
- the has girded me 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 5
- Job 3
- Isaiah 3
- 1 Samuel 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- 2 Kings 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 22:40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
- 2 Kings 1:8And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
- Job 30:18By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
- Job 38:3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
- Job 40:7Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
- Psalms 18:32It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
Hebrew dictionary
אָזַר azar · to gird
1) gird, encompass, equip, clothe 1a) (Qal) to gird, gird on (metaphorical of strength) 1b) (Niphal) be girded 1c)(Piel) hold close, clasp 1d) (Hiphpael) gird oneself (for war)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gird” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GIRD, noun
gurd. [Eng. a yard.]
- A twitch or pang; a sudden spasm, which resembles the stroke of a rod or the pressure of a band.
- In popular language, a severe stroke of a stick or whip.
All definitions and other forms of “gird”
GIRD, verb transitive
gurd. preterit tense and participle passive girded or girt.
- To bind by surrounding with any flexible substance, as with a twig, a cord, bandage or cloth; as, to gird the loins with sackcloth.
- To make fast by binding; to put on; usually with on; as, to gird on a harness; to gird on a sword.
- To invest; to surround.
- To clothe; to dress; to habit.“I girded thee about with fine linen” Ezekiel 16:10
- To furnish; to equip.
- To surround; to encircle; to inclose; to encompass.
- To gibe; to reproach severly; to lash.
GIRD, verb intransitive
To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.