To gird
חָגַרStrong’s H2296chagar (cha-gar)
Appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chagar is the Hebrew word usually translated “girded”, “girds on” and “gird up”. It appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:”
Meaning
- To gird, gird on, gird oneself, put on a belt(Qal)
How it's translated
- girded 9
- and he girded 5
- girds on 2
- gird up 2
- they have girded on 2
- gird yourself 2
- gird yourselves 2
- and they will gird themselves 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 5
- Judges 4
- Psalms 4
- Leviticus 3
- 1 Samuel 3
- 2 Kings 3
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 12:11And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’s passover.
- Exodus 29:9And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
- Leviticus 8:7And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
- Leviticus 8:13And Moses brought Aaron’s sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 16:4He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
- Deuteronomy 1:41Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
All 41 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
חָגַר chagar · to gird
1) to gird, gird on, gird oneself, put on a belt 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to gird 1a2) to gird on, bind on 1a3) to gird oneself
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.