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to break the neck Original Word: עָרַףTransliteration: araph Phonetic Spelling: (aw-raf') Short Definition: break off
denominative verb from oreph Definition to break the neck NASB Word Usage break its neck (2), break the neck (1), break down (1), breaks a neck (1), neck was broken (1). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
A primitive root (identical with araph through the idea of sloping); properly, to bend downward; but used only as a denominative from oreph, to break the neck; hence (figuratively) to destroy -- that is beheaded, break down, break (cut off, strike off) neck. see HEBREW araph see HEBREW oreph
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