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חָגַר H2296
H2296 is the Hebrew word חָגַר, transliterated châgar and said khaw-gar'. The King James Version most often renders it girded.
What it means
to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.).
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 39 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, [idiom] on every side.
Verses using חָגַר
All 38 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 12:11 · KJV
And 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 29:9 · KJV
And 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 8:7 · KJV
And 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 8:13 · KJV
And 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 16:4 · KJV
He 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 1:41 · KJV
Then 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.
Judges 3:16 · KJV
But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
Judges 18:11 · KJV
And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
Judges 18:16 · KJV
And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
Judges 18:17 · KJV
And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
1 Samuel 2:18 · KJV
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 17:39 · KJV
And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
1 Samuel 25:13 · KJV
And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
2 Samuel 3:31 · KJV
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
2 Samuel 6:14 · KJV
And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
2 Samuel 20:8 · KJV
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
2 Samuel 21:16 · KJV
And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
2 Samuel 22:46 · KJV
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
1 Kings 20:11 · KJV
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
1 Kings 20:32 · KJV
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
2 Kings 3:21 · KJV
And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.
2 Kings 4:29 · KJV
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
2 Kings 9:1 · KJV
And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:
Psalm 45:3 · KJV
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
Psalm 109:19 · KJV
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Proverbs 31:17 · KJV
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Isaiah 15:3 · KJV
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
Isaiah 22:12 · KJV
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Jeremiah 4:8 · KJV
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
Jeremiah 6:26 · KJV
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Jeremiah 49:3 · KJV
Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
Lamentations 2:10 · KJV
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
Ezekiel 7:18 · KJV
They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
Ezekiel 27:31 · KJV
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
Ezekiel 44:18 · KJV
They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
Daniel 10:5 · KJV
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:
Joel 1:8 · KJV
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Joel 1:13 · KJV
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
Common questions
What does Strong's H2296 mean?
H2296 is the Hebrew word חָגַר (châgar), meaning to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.).
How is H2296 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it girded (14 times), gird (11 times), appointed (3 times), girdeth (2 times), gird up (2 times), among others.
How many times does H2296 appear in the Bible?
חָגַר (châgar) is tagged in 38 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H2296 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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