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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
Placing the hand under the thigh was a form of
adjuration
mentioned
(
Gen. 24:2; 47:29
2
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: (Genesis 24:2)
29
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: (Genesis 47:29)
), and supposedly prevalent in patriarchal
times
, but only taken by inferiors, as by servants or sons, and as significant of subjection and the purpose of obedience.
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The part of
man
that is used to prefigure the seat of strength. Descendants are represented as coming out of the loins of a man (
Gen. 35:11
11
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; (Genesis 35:11)
;
Heb. 7:10
10
For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him. (Hebrews 7:10)
). The loins were girded up for action and activity.
God
said to
Job
, “Gird up now thy loins like a man” (
Job 38:3
3
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. (Job 38:3)
). In the
Christian
’s conflict with wicked spirits in the heavenlies he is exhorted to have his loins girt about with
truth
(
Eph. 6:14
14
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; (Ephesians 6:14)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
3409
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
yarek
Phonic:
yaw-rake’
Meaning:
from an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphem. the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
KJV Usage:
X body, loins, shaft, side, thigh
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“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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