H2223: זַרְזִיר
zarzîyr · pronounced zar-zeer' · “greyhound”
Definition
properly, tightly girt, i.e. probably a racer, or some fleet animal (as being slender in the waist)
KJV translates it as: [phrase] greyhound.
Word origin: by reduplication from H2115 (זוּר);
Extended definition
1) girded, girt, alert, used with mo.ten (מׇתְנַ֫יִם "loin" H4975) in <ref="Pro.30.31">Pr 30:31
1a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown
1a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2223 is translated
- a rooster of ×1
Bible verses with H2223 (zarzîyr)
Zarzîyr appears in 1 verse.
- Proverbs 30:31
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.