H2061 - זְאֵב (zᵉʼêb)

H2061 זְאֵב (zᵉʼêb) zeh-abe'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

wolf

Strong's Definition

a wolf

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be yellow;

KJV Usage: wolf.

TWOT Reference: 522

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) wolf

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3074

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

wolf

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

זְאֵב zeêb BDB Definition: 1) wolf Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to be yellow Same Word by TWOT Number: 522 Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (7)

49:27

11:6 65:25

5:6

22:27

1:8

3:3

Genesis 49:27

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf...; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.

Isaiah 11:6

The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child... will lead them.

Isaiah 65:25

The wolf and the lamb will feed together..., and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore... a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, [and] everyone who ventures out... will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, [and] their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain....

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes are roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.