זִיז
zîyz · zeez
fulness of the breast; also a moving creature
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root apparently meaning to be conspicuous;
fulness of the breast; also a moving creature
- fulness of the breast
- also, a moving creature
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abundance, wild beast.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the hand that works › to cut, to sustain
To cut, to sustain of the hand that works that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זִיז above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the wild beasts1 · 33%
- it, and the wild beast1 · 33%
- with the abundance1 · 33%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.