Lexical Definition

‎אֵזוֹר‎ ʼêzôwr (ay-zore') girdle ^H:N-M
from ‎אֲזִקִּים‎

girdle.

• something girt
• a belt, also a band

1) waist-cloth, the innermost piece of clothing
1a) of God's power over kings (fig.)
1b) of faithfulness (metaph)
2) waistband

See Greek: ζώνη

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֵזוֺר‎ noun masculine^{Isa 5:27} waistcloth (Late Hebrew id., Arabic , compare RS^{JQ Jan. 1892, 289 ff.}) — ‎׳‎‎א‎ absolute Job 12:18 + 8 t; construct 2Kgs 1:8 + 4 t.; — of skin 2Kgs 1:8 (prophet.); of linen Jer 13:1 (see Che) compare vJer 13:2 vJer 13:4 vJer 13:6 vJer 13:7 vJer 13:7 vJer 13:10 vJer 13:11 (symbolic of Israel & Judah cleaving to ‎׳‎‎י‎); of Assyrian warriors' waistcloth,'girdle of loins' Isa 5:27 in wall-images of Chaldeans, ‎בְּמָתְנַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎חֲגוֺרֵי א‎ Ezek 23:15 (compare 2Kgs 1:18 see below ‎אָזַר‎) so figurative of Yahweh's power over kings ‎וַיֶּאְסֹר אֵזוֺר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם‎ Job 12:18 (‎׳‎‎א‎ = fetter, compare Di; but according to RS^l.c. reference to slaves' garment); metaphor of righteousness & faithfulness Isa 11:5 (twice in verse) (‎מָתְנָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎, ‎חֲלָּצָיו‎‎׳‎‎א‎). ‎אֶזְרוֺעַ‎ see ‎זרע‎. ‎אֶזְרָח‎ see ‎זרח‎. ‎אֹחַ‎ see I. ‎אחח‎ .

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