Quick Definition
greyhound
Strong's Definition
properly, tightly girt, i.e. probably a racer, or some fleet animal (as being slender in the waist)
Derivation: by reduplication from H2115 (זוּר);
KJV Usage: [phrase] greyhound.
TWOT Reference: 543b
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun c
Birds
Collocation: זַרְזִיר מָתְנַיִם
rooster literally: narrow waisted; exact meaning unsure; possibly: = male variant of a dark, brownish red fowl, with orange-red neck hackles, a smallish red comb on the top of their heads, and red lappets on each side under the beak; they have a white spot on their backs near the base of their long glossy black and green tails
1 PRO 30:31 LXX "ἀλέκτωρ" VUL "gallus" RSV REB "strutting cock" NIV NRSV ESV "strutting rooster" | NJB "vigorous cock" CEV "proud cock" | NJPS "greyhound"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
זַרְזִיר adj. girded, girt—only cstr. Pr 30:31 ref