Strong's Lexicon

H2085

H2085 — זָג

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewzagnoun mascOccurrences: 1TWOT: 527a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2085
Word:זָג
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from an unused root probably meaning to inclose
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:zag
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:zawg
Meaning:1. the skin of a grape
KJV Renderings:husk.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2288

זָג noun [masculine] name of some comparatively insignificant product of vine (גֶּפֶן הַיַּיִן ), the eating of which was included in prohibition to Nazirite; skin of grape, so Thes (after Onk Mishna Maaser. 5:§ 4, Orla 1:§ 8, compare Sifre on the passage): מֵחַרְצַנִּים וְעַדזָֿג֖ לֹא יאֹכֵ֑ל Num 6:4 (Late Hebrew זג, זוג; so called as transparent ? compare Aramaic זְגוּגִיתָא [untranscribed source text 1376] glass, Late Hebrew זַגָּג glazier (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1377] glass, is a loan-word according to Frä64 ); compare theory of √ in LagGes. Ath. 41, Fll.c.: but in Hebrew glass is זְכוֺכִית).


זֶד, זָדוֺן see below זיד.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זג (zahg)

Numbers 6:4

KJV: All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.separation: or, Nazariteshipvine…: Heb. vine of the wine
EHCC: from the kernels even to the husk.
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