girdle
e.zor is a waist-worn garment, used literally and in comparisons for what is bound closely at the loins.
The term most often denotes a physical garment fastened around the loins, whether worn by an individual, kept from loosening, or handled in Jeremiah's enacted sequence. It also occurs in comparisons: righteousness and faithfulness are described at the waist in Isaiah 11:5, while Jeremiah 13:11 compares Israel and Judah's intended closeness to the way such a garment clings to a man's loins.
Senses in use
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Waist garment worn or handled · dominant
The noun names an item at the loins: in 2 Kings 1:8 the APB renders a man's skin garment as girded on his loins, and in Ezekiel 23:15 it describes men belted at their loins. In Jeremiah 13:1, Jeremiah 13:4, and Jeremiah 13:7, the APB renders the object as one bought, worn, hidden, recovered, and found ruined; Isaiah 5:27 describes one that is not loosened.
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Garment in figurative comparison · common
In Isaiah 11:5, the two construct-form occurrences stand in parallel clauses where the APB renders righteousness at the waist and faithfulness at the loins. In Jeremiah 13:10 and Jeremiah 13:11, the physical object becomes the comparison point: it is said not to prosper, and its clinging to a man's loins is compared with the intended attachment of Israel and Judah.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the term as “girdle,” while Ezekiel 23:15, Isaiah 11:5, Isaiah 5:27, and Job 12:18 use “belt.” These renderings occur in whole-verse translations.