עֹרֶף (ʿōrep) is a Hebrew noun meaning back of neck. It appears 33 times in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6203).

Also rendered

• neck

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1700a)

Root family 1700: עָרַף ʿārap — I, break the neck of an animal. Denominative verb (bdb; KB treats it as a homonym, compared to Arabic ʿaraa “to cut to pieces”)

• עָרַף ʿārap — break the neck

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