חָגַר

Exodus 12:11 חֲגֻרִ֔ים girded

This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.

Here: A passive participle with no main verb: 'your loins girded.' It describes a state: the long robe is already hitched up and belted, so the wearer can walk fast or run.

Exodus 29:9 וְחָגַרְתָּ֩ and you will gird

Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.

Here: To tie a belt or sash around someone's waist. The form continues the chain of commands to Moses ("and you shall…"), so Moses himself dresses the priests, as he does in Leviticus 8:7, 13.

Leviticus 8:7 וַיַּחְגֹּ֤ר וַיַּחְגֹּ֣ר and he girded

He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He tied the woven band of the ephod around him and fastened it to him.

Leviticus 8:13 וַיַּחְגֹּ֤ר and he girded

Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them, wrapped sashes around them, and tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Leviticus 16:4 יַחְגֹּ֔ר he will gird himself

He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself with water before he wears them.

Here: "He shall gird himself": he binds the sash around his waist. In Hebrew this is the ordinary verb for getting dressed and ready for active work.

Deuteronomy 1:41 וַֽתַּחְגְּר֗וּ and you girded on

“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.

Judges 3:16 וַיַּחְגֹּ֤ר and he girded

Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak

Judges 18:11 חָג֖וּר girded

So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.

Judges 18:16 חֲגוּרִים֙ girded

The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.

Judges 18:17 הֶחָג֖וּר <the> girded

And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.

1 Samuel 2:18 חָג֖וּר girded

Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

Here: A passive participle meaning 'having been belted'. The ephod was a garment fastened around the body with a sash. To be girded was also the picture of someone ready for work or duty.

1 Samuel 17:39 וַיַּחְגֹּ֣ר and he girded

David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.

1 Samuel 25:13 חִגְר֣וּ׀ וַֽיַּחְגְּרוּ֙ וַיַּחְגֹּ֥ר gird on, and they girded on, and he girded on

And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men strapped on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

2 Samuel 3:31 וְחִגְר֣וּ and gird yourselves

Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.

2 Samuel 6:14 חָג֖וּר [was] girded

And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,

Here: 'Girded' means a garment tied on with a belt or band around the waist. It is a passive participle, describing his state: he was wrapped and belted in it.

2 Samuel 20:8 חָג֣וּר׀ [was] girded

And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.

2 Samuel 21:16 חָג֣וּר [was] girded

Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.

2 Samuel 22:46 וְיַחְגְּר֖וּ and they may girdethemselves

Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.

1 Kings 20:11 חֹגֵ֖ר [one who] girds on

And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”

1 Kings 20:32 וַיַּחְגְּרוּ֩ and they girded

So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

2 Kings 3:21 חֹגֵ֤ר [one who] girds on

Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.

2 Kings 4:29 חֲגֹ֣ר gird up

So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”

Here: A command: 'belt up.' With 'loins' it means gather your long tunic and tuck it into your belt so your legs are free to run. The order itself signals speed.

2 Kings 9:1 חֲגֹ֣ר gird up

Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

Here: A command: tie a belt or sash around yourself. With "hips" it means pulling up your long robe and tucking it into the belt so you can move fast. It signals hurry and a journey ahead.

Psalm 45:3 חֲגֽוֹר־ gird

Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.

Here: A command: 'belt on!' It is the ordinary word for buckling a belt or sword-belt around the waist, the last thing a warrior does before going out. The poet tells the king to arm himself.

Psalm 65:12 תַּחְגֹּֽרְנָה׃ they gird on

The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.

Psalm 76:10 תַּחְגֹּֽר׃ you will gird on

Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.

Here: 'You will gird on.' This is an active verb with God as subject: God straps something to himself the way a warrior buckles on a sword-belt. It does not naturally mean 'restrain'.

Psalm 109:19 יַחְגְּרֶֽהָ׃ he girds on it

May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

Proverbs 31:17 חָֽגְרָ֣ה she girds

She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.

Here: She belts herself, tying up her long robe so she can move freely for hard work. The verb belongs to scenes of running, travel and battle, so it signals readiness for vigorous action. It also opens the verse with the letter ḥet (ח), the eighth letter in this alphabet poem.

Isaiah 15:3 חָ֣גְרוּ they have girded on

In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.

Isaiah 22:12 וְלַחֲגֹ֥ר and for girding of

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

Here: To tie or belt something around the waist and hips. The first three items are nouns; this one is a verb with an object, 'to gird on sackcloth', and it rounds off the list.

Isaiah 32:11 וַחֲג֖וֹרָה and gird

Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

Here: 'And gird yourselves.' The Hebrew does not name what goes around the waist, but mourning custom makes it clear: the coarse goat-hair cloth called sackcloth (saq).

Jeremiah 4:8 חִגְר֥וּ gird yourself

So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

Here: A plural command: 'all of you, wrap on…' Sackcloth was tied around the waist and hips, not slipped on like a robe. Usually the upper body was left bare for beating the chest.

Jeremiah 6:26 חִגְרִי־ gird yourself

O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

Here: A command addressed to one woman: 'tie on' or 'belt on'. Sackcloth was wrapped and tied around the waist and hips, so the verb pictures fastening on a mourning garment.

Jeremiah 49:3 חֲגֹ֣רְנָה gird yourselves

Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.

Here: 'Tie on.' Sackcloth was wrapped and belted around the waist and hips, so 'girding' is the normal verb for putting it on.

Lamentations 2:10 חָגְר֖וּ they have girded on

The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Here: 'They have girded on.' Sackcloth was tied around the waist and hips like a belt-cloth or kilt, not worn as a full robe.

Ezekiel 7:18 וְחָגְר֣וּ and they will gird themselves

They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

Ezekiel 27:31 וְחָגְר֖וּ and they will gird themselves

They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.

Ezekiel 44:18 יַחְגְּר֖וּ they will gird themselves

They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.

Daniel 10:5 חֲגֻרִ֖ים [were] girded

I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.

Here: A passive participle meaning 'belted, wrapped around'. Tying up the robe at the waist meant being ready for action, and a belt could also show rank. The verb pictures someone dressed and ready, not just decorated.

Joel 1:8 חֲגֻֽרַת־ girded of

Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

Joel 1:13 חִגְר֨וּ gird yourselves

Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

Here: A command to all of you: 'tie it on.' The object is left out because everyone knew what you tie on when disaster strikes: sackcloth (it is named later in the verse). It means 'put on mourning clothes', not 'brace yourselves.'