Quick Definition
to cut off the tail
Strong's Definition
to curtail, i.e. cut off the rear
Derivation: a primitive root meaning to wag; used only as a denominative from H2180 (זָנָב);
KJV Usage: smite the hindmost.
TWOT Reference: 562
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to cut off
1a) (Piel) to attack the rear, smite the tail
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
זָנַב (za.nav) — to cut off the tail. 1) to cut off 1a) (Piel) to attack the rear, smite the tail
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[זִנֵּב] vb. denom. Pi. cut off, or smite, the tail, only fig., of hostile attack in war base