Word

זְאֵב

zᵉʼêb · H2061 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences

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WolfMammals13 verses

Meanings

a wolf

A wild, four-footed, predatory canine of the species Canis lupus, with light-brown fur like a jackal but much bigger, commonly preying on flocks and regarded as ravenous and fierce

Examples
Genesis 49:27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he devours the prey, And in the evening he divides the spoils.”
Isaiah 11:6 And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the young goat, And the calf and the young lion and the fattened steer will be together; And a little boy will lead them.
Isaiah 65:25 “The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 2 groups

עֶרֶבevening 2
עֲרָבָהplain, Arabah, desert 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

טָרַףto tear to pieces 1

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

גּוּרto sojourn 1
רָעָהto shepherd, to feed, to graze 1
שָׁדַדto devastate, to destroy 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 3 groups

בִּנְיָמִיןBenjamin 1
שָׁפַטto judge, to govern 1
שַׂרcommander, chief, official 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

מִןfrom 2
כlike/as 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

λύκος lýkos · G3074 · wolf, vicious person, fierce wolf: Direct translation equivalent: Greek λύκος renders Hebrew זְאֵב as the standard word for the predatory canid in both literal and metaphorical usage.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Wild Animals001001002001: זְאֵב denotes a wolf, as at Genesis 49:27 — "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf" — and Isaiah 11:6 — "the wolf will dwell with the lamb."
Names of People003001007: This entry carries no personal-name sense of its own; the domain is bundle-shared with the distinct, identically-spelled personal name Zeeb (זְאֵב (Zᵉʼêb, H2062)) and does not reflect an independent attested usage of this animal-name lexeme as a name for a person. See זְאֵב (Zᵉʼêb, H2062).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2061. zeeb I. זְאֵב noun masculineIsa 11:6 wolf (Late Hebrew id., Arabic (jackal…

H2061. zeeb
I. זְאֵב noun masculineIsa 11:6 wolf (Late Hebrew id., Arabic (jackal according to HomNS 303 ff.; but see RSZMG 1880, 373 and DoughtyArab. Deseria i. 327; ii. 144, 145) Aramaic דֵּיבָה, Assyrian zîbu DlS 47; Ethiopic hyena Di1056 (on formation compare LagBN 58); Phoenician in compound proper name זיבקם) — זְאֵב absolute Gen 49:27 Gen 49:2t.; construct Jer 5:6; plural זְאֵבִים Eze 22:27; construct זְאֵבֵי Hab 1:8; Zep 3:3; — wolf, never in narrative; in predictions of peace in Messian. age כֶּבֶשׂ עִם זְאֵב וְגָר Isa 11:6 כְּאֶחָד יִרְעוּ וְטָלֶה זְאֵב Isa 65:25; in simile, of Benjamin's fierceness ׳ב יִטְרָ֑ף זְאֵב Gen 49:27; of fierce horses of Chaldeans עֶרֶב מִזְּאֵבֵי חַדּוּ Hab 1:8 (|| מִנְּמֵרִים קַלּוּ); of princes of Judah טָ֑רֶף טֹרְפֵי כִּזְאֵבִים Eze 22:27; metaphor of enemies of Judah Jer 5:6 עֲרָבוֺת זְאֵב (|| נָמֵר אַרְיֵה,); of corrupt and oppressive judges עֶרֶב זְאֵבֵי שֹׁפְטֶיהָ Zep 3:3 (|| שֹׁאֲגִים אֲרָיוֺת).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Wild Animals7 occurrences Names of People0 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0