Strong's Lexicon

H2223

H2223 — זַרזִיר

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

Hebrewzarziyrnoun mascOccurrences: 1TWOT: 543b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2223
Word:זַרזִיר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:by reduplication from H2115
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:zarziyr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:zar-zeer'
Meaning:1. (properly) tightly girt, i.e. probably a racer, or some fleet animal (as being slender in the waist)
KJV Renderings:+ greyhound.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2331

זַרְזִיר adjective girded, girt (compare BaNB 206) — only construct Prov 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 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 Prov 30:31), Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1457]; Lexicons also [untranscribed source text 1458] starling, in Arabic [untranscribed source text 1459], perhaps loan-word Others derive from a √זרר, see above)


BDB2449

זַרְזִיר Prov 30:31 see below III. זוּר.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זרזיר (zar-zeer’)

Proverbs 30:31

KJV: A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.greyhound: or, horse: Heb. girt in the loins
EHCC: A greyhound ; (marg. girt in the loins, or,
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