HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2223
זַרְזִיר
zar.zir — greyhound
1) girded, girt, alert, used with mo.ten (מׇתְנַ֫יִם "loin" H4975) in Pr 30:31 1a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown
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Greyhound
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4975
מׇתְנַ֫יִם
mo.ten — loin
1) loins, hips 1a) used with zar.zir (זַרְזִיר "greyhound" H2223) in Pr 30:31; perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown
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(Prov. 30:31), the rendering of the Hebrew zarzir mothnayim, meaning literally “girded as to the lions.” Some (Gesen.; R.V. marg.) render it “war-horse.” The LXX. and Vulgate versions render it “cock.” It has been by some interpreters rendered also “stag” and “warrior,” as being girded about or panoplied, and “wrestler.” The greyhound, however, was evidently known in ancient times, as appears from Egyptian monuments.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.