STRONGS NUMBER H2061

H2061. zeeb

I. זְאֵב‎ noun masculine^{Isaiah 11:6} wolf (Late Hebrew id., Arabic (jackal according to Hom^{NS 303 ff.}; but see RS^{ZMG 1880, 373 and} Doughty^{Arab. Deseria i. 327}; ii. 144, 145) Aramaic דֵּיבָה‎, Assyrian zîbu Dl^{S 47}; Ethiopic hyena Di¹⁰⁵⁶ (on formation compare Lag^{BN 58}); Phoenician in compound proper name זיבקם‎) — זְאֵב‎ absolute Genesis 49:27 2t.; construct Jeremiah 5:6; plural זְאֵבִים‎ Ezekiel 22:27; construct זְאֵבֵי‎ Habakkuk 1:8; Zephaniah 3:3; — wolf, never in narrative; in predictions of peace in Messian. age כֶּבֶשׂ עִם זְאֵב וְגָר‎ Isaiah 11:6 כְּאֶחָד יִרְעוּ וְטָלֶה זְאֵב‎ 65:25; in simile, of Benjamin's fierceness ׳ב יִטְרָ֑ף זְאֵב‎ Genesis 49:27; of fierce horses of Chaldeans עֶרֶב מִזְּאֵבֵי חַדּוּ‎ Habakkuk 1:8 ("" מִנְּמֵרִים קַלּוּ‎); of princes of Judah טָ֑רֶף טֹרְפֵי כִּזְאֵבִים‎ Ezekiel 22:27; metaphor of enemies of Judah Jeremiah 5:6 עֲרָבוֺת זְאֵב‎ ("" נָמֵר אַרְיֵה,‎); of corrupt and oppressive judges עֶרֶב זְאֵבֵי שֹׁפְטֶיהָ‎ Zephaniah 3:3 ("" שֹׁאֲגִים אֲרָיוֺת‎).