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Lexicon :: Strong's H2386 - ḥăzîr

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חֲזִיר
Transliteration
ḥăzîr
Pronunciation
khaz-eer'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to enclose
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 637a

Strong’s Definitions

חֲזִיר chăzîyr, khaz-eer'; from an unused root probably meaning to inclose; a hog (perhaps as penned):—boar, swine.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H2386 in the following manner: swine (6x), boar (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2386 in the following manner: swine (6x), boar (1x).

  1. hog, swine, boar

    1. swine (as forbidden food)

    2. wild boar

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲזִיר chăzîyr, khaz-eer'; from an unused root probably meaning to inclose; a hog (perhaps as penned):—boar, swine.
STRONGS H2386: Abbreviations
† חֲזִיר noun masculinePsalm 80:14 swine, boar (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲזִירָא, axryczo Arabic جِنْزيرً (Aramaic Loan-word according to Frä110, yet see LagBN 113); Ethiopic ኀንዚር፡: (only once; = wild boar), see HomNS 319 f. 358, 385) — always stative absolute, + 4 times with article הַח׳; —
1. swine, forbidden as food Leviticus 11:7 (P), Deuteronomy 14:8, compare בְּשַׂר הַח׳ Isaiah 65:4; Isaiah 66:17, and דַּםחֿ׳ Isaiah 66:3 as heathen offering (RSSemitic 1, 272, 325, 338, 392); with implication of repulsiveness נֶזֶם זָהָב בְּאַף ח׳ Proverbs 11:22 simile of fair woman with dubious character.
2. wild boar מִיָּ֑עַר ח׳ Psalm 80:14 figurative of foes of Israel (in figurative of vineyard).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

11:7

Deuteronomy

14:8

Psalms

80:14; 80:14

Proverbs

11:22

Isaiah

65:4; 66:3; 66:17

H2386

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Strong's Number H2386 matches the Hebrew חֲזִיר (ḥăzîr),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:7 - And the swine, because this animal divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, and it does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:8 - And as for the swine, because he divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, yet he chews not the cud, he is unclean to you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, ye shall not touch their dead bodies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:13 - (LXX 79:14) The boar out of the wood has laid it waste, and the wild beast has devoured it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:22 - As an ornament in a swine's snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:4 - They lie down to sleep in the tombs and in the caves for the sake of dreams, even they that eat swine's flesh, and the broth of their sacrifices: all their vessels are defiled:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - But the transgressor that sacrifices a calf to me, is as he that kills a dog; and he that offers fine flour, as one that offers swine's blood; he that gives frankincense for a memorial, is as a blasphemer. Yet they have chosen their own ways, and their soul has delighted in their abominations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:17 - They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves in the gardens, and eat swine's flesh in the porches, and the abominations, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.
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