# H6203 עֹרֶף

עֹרֶף (ʻôreph), Strong’s H6203: the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative) KJV: back ((stiff-) neck((-ed).. Occurs 33 times.

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*ʻôreph* — the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)

KJV: back ((stiff-) neck((-ed).

Derived from [עָרַף ʻâraph](https://besorah.bible/word/H6202) (to break the neck)

Occurs 33 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עֹ֫רֶף n.m. back of neck, neck

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 49:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=8) — “Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down…
- [Exodus 23:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=27) — I will send my terror before you, and will confuse all the people to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies…
- [Exodus 32:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/32?v=9) — The LORD said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.
- [Exodus 33:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/33?v=3) — Go to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I…
- [Exodus 33:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/33?v=5) — The LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up among you…
- [Exodus 34:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/34?v=9) — He said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go among us, even though this is a…
- [Leviticus 5:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/5?v=8) — He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one which is for the sin offering. He shall wring off its…
- [Deuteronomy 9:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/9?v=6) — Know therefore that the LORD your God doesn’t give you this good land to possess for your righteousness, for you are a…
- [Deuteronomy 9:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/9?v=13) — Furthermore the LORD spoke to me, saying, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.
- [Deuteronomy 10:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/10?v=16) — Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.