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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 - But the LORD said to Moses, “Put out your hand and catch it by the tail”—so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand—
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:44 - He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him. He shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - So Samson went and caught 300 foxes and took torches. And he turned them tail to tail and put a torch between each pair of tails.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17 - He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4 - And say to him, ‘Be careful, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:14 - So the LORD cut off from Israel head and tail,
palm branch and reed in one day—
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:15 - the elder and honored man is the head,
and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:15 - And there will be nothing for Egypt
that head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do.
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