חָגַר I, (b. h.) to encircle; to gird. Sabb. 63ᵃ אם ת"ח חָגְרֵיהוּ על מתנך … if a scholar be even revengeful … like a serpent, bind him around thy loins (be not afraid of him). Midd. III, 1 וחוט … חוֹגְרוֹ וכ׳ and a red line went around it.—Gen. R. s. 71 לא ח׳ מתניו כנגדה did he not gird his loins (in bold prayer) in her presence (Gen. XXV, 21)? Ex. R. s. 43, beg. התחיל חוֹגֵר בתפלה (sub. מתניו) he began to pray boldly. Taan. 14ᵇ לַחֲגוֹר שק to put on sackcloth (for prayer); a. fr.