Strong's Lexicon

H2187

H2187 — זָנַק

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

Hebrewzanaqverb-stemOccurrences: 1TWOT: 566

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2187
Word:זָנַק
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:zanaq
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:zaw-nak'
Meaning:1. (properly) to draw together the feet (as an animal about to dart upon its prey), i.e. to spring forward
KJV Renderings:leap.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2414

[זָנַק] verb only

Pi`el leap (Late Hebrew זִנֵּק cause to spring, spurt; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1525] throw, shoot, also bind) — Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְזַנֵּק מִןהַֿבָּשָׁן Deut 33:22 he leapeth forth from Bashan (of Dan under figure of lion's whelp).


זֵעָה see יָזַע.


זְעָוָה see זְוָעָה below זוּעַ.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זנק (zāh-nak’)

Deuteronomy 83:23

EHCC: he shall leap from Bashan,
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