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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:4 -

The LORD told Moses, “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail.” So he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 -

“The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward if you listen to the LORD your God’s commands I am giving you today and are careful to follow them.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:44 -

“He will lend to you, but you won’t lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 -

So he went out and caught three hundred foxes. He took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17 -

He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree;

the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4 -

“Say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Don’t be afraid or cowardly because of these two smoldering sticks, the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, and the son of Remaliah.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:14 -

So the LORD cut off Israel’s head and tail,

palm branch and reed in a single day.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:15 -

The head is the elder, the honored one;

the tail is the prophet, the one teaching lies.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:15 -

No head or tail, palm or reed,

will be able to do anything for Egypt.

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