Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #2061 - זְאֵב zeeb (a wolf)

Original Word:	זְאֵב
Transliteration:	zeeb
Definition:	a wolf
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(zeh-abe')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

wolf

From an unused root meaning to be yellow; a wolf -- wolf.

Englishman's Concordance

1) wolf
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root meaning to be yellow
Same Word by TWOT Number: 522

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. זְאֵבnoun masculine^{Isaiah 11:6}wolf (Late Hebrew id., Arabic

(jackal according to Hom^{NS 303 ff.}; but see RS^{ZMG 1880, 373 and} Doughty^{Arab. Deseria i. 327}; ii. 144, 145) Aramaic דֵּיבָה,

Assyrian zîbu Dl^{S 47}; Ethiopic

hyena Di¹⁰⁵⁶ (on formation compare Lag^{BN 58}); Phoenician in compound proper name זיבקם) — זְאֵב absolute Genesis 49:27 2t.; construct Jeremiah 5:6; plural זְאֵבִיםEzekiel 22:27; construct זְאֵבֵיHabakkuk 1:8; Zephaniah 3:3; — wolf, never in narrative; in predictions of peace in Messian. age וְגָר זְאֵב עִם כֶּבֶשׂIsaiah 11:6זְאֵב וְטָלֶה יִרְעוּ כְּאֶחָדIsaiah 65:25; in simile, of Benjamin's fierceness זְאֵב יִטְרָ֑ף׳בGenesis 49:27; of fierce horses of Chaldeans חַדּוּ מִזְּאֵבֵי עֶרֶבHabakkuk 1:8 ("" קַלּוּ מִנְּמֵרִים); of princes of Judah כִּזְאֵבִיםטֹרְפֵי טָ֑רֶףEzekiel 22:27; metaphor of enemies of Judah Jeremiah 5:6זְאֵב עֲרָבוֺת ("" אַרְיֵה, נָמֵר); of corrupt and oppressive judges שֹׁפְטֶיהָ זְאֵבֵי עֶרֶבZephaniah 3:3 ("" אֲרָיוֺת שֹׁאֲגִים).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2061. זְאֵב (zeeb) — 7 Occurrences

Genesis 49:27
HEB: בִּנְיָמִין֙ זְאֵ֣ב יִטְרָ֔ף בַּבֹּ֖קֶר
NAS: is a ravenous wolf; In the morning
KJV: shall ravin [as] a wolf: in the morning
INT: Benjamin wolf ravenous the morning

Isaiah 11:6
HEB: וְגָ֤ר זְאֵב֙ עִם־ כֶּ֔בֶשׂ
NAS:And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,
KJV:The wolf also shall dwell
INT: will dwell and the wolf with the lamb

Isaiah 65:25
HEB: זְאֵ֨ב וְטָלֶ֜ה יִרְע֣וּ
NAS:The wolf and the lamb will graze
KJV:The wolf and the lamb shall feed
INT:the wolf and the lamb will graze

Jeremiah 5:6
HEB:אַרְיֵ֜ה מִיַּ֗עַר זְאֵ֤ב עֲרָבוֹת֙ יְשָׁדְדֵ֔ם
NAS: will slay them, A wolf of the deserts
KJV: shall slay them, [and] a wolf of the evenings
INT: A lion the forest A wolf of the deserts will destroy

Ezekiel 22:27
HEB:שָׂרֶ֣יהָ בְקִרְבָּ֔הּ כִּזְאֵבִ֖ים טֹ֣רְפֵי טָ֑רֶף
NAS: within her are like wolves tearing
KJV: in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening
INT: her princes within wolves tearing the prey

Habakkuk 1:8
HEB:סוּסָ֗יו וְחַדּוּ֙ מִזְּאֵ֣בֵי עֶ֔רֶב וּפָ֖שׁוּ
NAS: than wolves in the evening.
KJV: than the evening wolves: and their horsemen
INT: their horses and keener wolves the evening galloping

Zephaniah 3:3
HEB:שֹֽׁאֲגִ֑ים שֹׁפְטֶ֙יהָ֙ זְאֵ֣בֵי עֶ֔רֶב לֹ֥א
NAS: Her judges are wolves at evening;
KJV: [are] evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones
INT: her are roaring her judges are wolves evening nothing

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