Lexicon :: Strong's H2223 - zarzîr

זַרְזִיר
Transliteration
zarzîr
Pronunciation
zar-zeer'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
By reduplication from זוּר (H2115)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 543b

Strong’s Definitions

זַרְזִיר zarzîyr, zar-zeer'; by reduplication from H2115; properly, tightly girt, i.e. probably a racer, or some fleet animal (as being slender in the waist):— greyhound.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H2223 in the following manner: greyhound (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H2223 in the following manner: greyhound (1x).

  1. girded, girt, alert, used with 4975 in Pr. 30:31

    1. perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זַרְזִיר zarzîyr, zar-zeer'; by reduplication from H2115; properly, tightly girt, i.e. probably a racer, or some fleet animal (as being slender in the waist):— greyhound.
STRONGS H2223: Abbreviations
† זַרְזִיר adjective girded, girt (compare BaNB 206) — only construct Proverbs 30:31 זַרְזִיר מָתְנַיִם אוֺתָֿ֑יִו that which is girt in the loins, etc., named with lion, he-goat, and king, as stately in motion. Perhaps = grey-hound Ew Bö De and others, or war-horse Bo Ges Hi and others; Vrss. cock, Talmud raven, see De Now (Late Hebrew זַרְזִיר starling (war-horse only in interpretation of Proverbs 30:31), Aramaic ; Lexicons also starling, in Arabic , perhaps loan-word Others derive from a √זרר, see above)

זַרְזִיר Proverbs 30:31 see below III. זוּר.
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Proverbs

30:31; 30:31; 30:31