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Lexicon :: Strong's H2386 - ḥăzîr

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חֲזִיר
Transliteration
ḥăzîr
Pronunciation
khaz-eer'
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).
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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