Greyhound
זַרְזִירStrong’s H2223zarzir (zar-zir)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Zarzir is the Hebrew word usually translated “rooster of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.”
Meaning
- Girded, girt, alert, used with mo.ten (מׇתְנַ֫יִם "loin" H4975) in Pr 30:31perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown
How it's translated
- a rooster of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
זַרְזִיר zarzir · greyhound
1) girded, girt, alert, used with mo.ten (מׇתְנַ֫יִם "loin" H4975) in Pr 30:31 1a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “greyhound” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GREYHOUND, noun
A tall fleet dog, kept for the chase.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.