Strong's Lexicon

H2111

H2111 — זוַּע

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

Hebrewzuwaverb-stemOccurrences: 3TWOT: 540

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2111
Word:	זוַּע
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	zuwa
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	` (zoo'-ah) v.
Meaning:	1. (properly) to shake off, i.e. (figuratively) to agitate (as with fear)
KJV Renderings:	move, tremble, vex.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2322

זוּעַ verb tremble, quake (Aramaic (including Biblical Aramaic) id., [untranscribed source text 1445]; compare also Arabic [untranscribed source text 1446] impel, [untranscribed source text 1447] move, agitate, shake (on these see Nö^{ZMG 1886, 725} ), Assyrian zû , storm-wind (= Aramaic זוֺעָא) Zim^{BP 94} —

Qal (late) Perfect 3 masculine singular זָע Esth 5:9 Imperfect 3 masculine plural with rel. שֶׁיָּזֻעזּ Eccl 12:3 — tremble, quake, in presence of powerful superior Esth 5:9 (followed by מִמֶּנּוּ); said of שֹׁמְרֵי הַבַּיִת in description of infirm old man Eccl 12:3

Pilpel Participle suffix מְזַעְזְעֶיךָ Hab 2:7 causative and intensive they that shall violently shake thee, figurative of foes of Babylon, instruments of Yahweh's judgment.

BDB9486

[זוּע] verb tremble ( ᵑ7 Syriac: compare Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Participle plural זָָֽאֲעִין Kt , Qr זָָֽיְנִין; מִןקֳֿדָם person, Dan 5:19; Dan 6:27.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זוע (zooăg)

Ecclesiastes 12:3

KJV: In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,the grinders…: or, the grinders fail, because they grind little

EHCC: when the keepers of the house shall tremble,

Habakkuk 2:7

KJV: Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

EHCC: awake that shall vex thee,