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Lexicon :: Strong's H2180 - zānāḇ

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זָנָב
Transliteration
zānāḇ
Pronunciation
zaw-nawb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From זָנָב (H2179) (in the original sense of flapping)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 562a

Strong’s Definitions

זָנָב zânâb, zaw-nawb'; from H2179 (in the original sense of flapping); the tail (literally or figuratively):—tail.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H2180 in the following manner: tail (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H2180 in the following manner: tail (11x).

  1. tail, end, stump

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָנָב zânâb, zaw-nawb'; from H2179 (in the original sense of flapping); the tail (literally or figuratively):—tail.
STRONGS H2180: Abbreviations
† זָנָב noun masculineJudges 15:4 tail, also (figurative) end, stump (Late Hebrew id., Assyrian zibbatu HomNS 368, Ethiopic ዘነብ፡ Arabic ذَنَبً, Aramaic axBnvuD, דּוּנְבָּא, דַּנְבָּא) — ז׳ absolute Judges 15:4 (twice in verse) + 5 times; suffix זְנָבוֺ Job 40:17; plural זְנָבוֺת Judges 15:4; construct זַנְבוֺת Isaiah 7:4; —
1. a. tail of fox Judges 15:4 (3 times in verse), of serpent Exodus 4:4 (J), of hippopotamus Job 40:17;
b. figurative of common people, opposed to rulers Isaiah 9:13; Isaiah 19:15 (in both, ראֹשׁ וְזָנָב, || וְאַגְמוֺן כִּפָּה; Isaiah 9:14 is incorrect gloss); of subject-people (opposed to ראֹשׁ) Deuteronomy 28:13, 44.
2. end, stump (of firebrand, אוּד) in metaphor Isaiah 7:4.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

4:4

Deuteronomy

28:13; 28:44

Judges

15:4; 15:4; 15:4; 15:4

Job

40:17; 40:17

Isaiah

7:4; 7:4; 9:13; 9:14; 19:15

H2180

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Strong's Number H2180 matches the Hebrew זָנָב (zānāḇ),
which occurs 11 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:4 - And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth thine hand, and take hold of its tail: so he stretched forth his hand and took hold of the tail,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - The Lord thy God make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt then be above and thou shalt not be below, if thou wilt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, in all things that I charge thee this day to observe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:44 - He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - And Sampson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch between two tails, and fastened it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17 - He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4 - And thou shalt say to him, Take care to be quiet, and fear not, neither let thy soul be disheartened because of these two smoking firebrands: for when my fierce anger is over, I will heal again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:14 - (LXX 9:13) So the Lord took away from Israel the head and tail, great and small, in one day:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:15 - (LXX 9:14) the old man, and them that respect persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching unlawful things, he is the tail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:15 - And there shall be no work to the Egyptians, which shall make head or tail, or beginning or end.
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