STRONGS H2386:
Abbreviations
†
חֲזִיר noun masculinePsalm 80:14 swine, boar (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
חֲזִירָא,
axryczo Arabic
جِنْزيرً (Aramaic Loan-word according to Frä
110, yet see Lag
BN 113); Ethiopic
ኀንዚር፡: (only once; = wild boar), see Hom
NS 319 f. 358, 385) — always stative absolute, +
4 times with article
הַח׳; —
1. swine, forbidden as food Leviticus 11:7 (P), Deuteronomy 14:8, compare בְּשַׂר הַח׳ Isaiah 65:4; Isaiah 66:17, and דַּםחֿ׳ Isaiah 66:3 as heathen offering (RSSemitic 1, 272, 325, 338, 392); with implication of repulsiveness נֶזֶם זָהָב בְּאַף ח׳ Proverbs 11:22 simile of fair woman with dubious character.
2. wild boar מִיָּ֑עַר ח׳ Psalm 80:14 figurative of foes of Israel (in figurative of vineyard).
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Leviticus
11:7
Deuteronomy
14:8
Psalms
80:14; 80:14
Proverbs
11:22
Isaiah
65:4; 66:3; 66:17