זַרְזִיר
zarzîyr · zar-zeer'
properly, tightly girt, i.e. probably a racer, or some fleet animal (as being slender in the waist)
Lexicon
Derivation: by reduplication from H2115 (זוּר);
properly, tightly girt, i.e. probably a racer, or some fleet animal (as being slender in the waist)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] greyhound.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest › to cut, to sustain › the hand that works › the head, the highest
To cut, to sustain of the head, the highest that works to cut, to sustain of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זַרְזִיר 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a greyhound1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
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.