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Lexicon :: Strong's H2386 - ḥăzîr

Aa
חֲזִיר
Transliteration
ḥăzîr
Pronunciation
khaz-eer'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to enclose
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 637a

Strong’s Definitions

חֲזִיר chăzîyr, khaz-eer'; from an unused root probably meaning to inclose; a hog (perhaps as penned):—boar, swine.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H2386 in the following manner: swine (6x), boar (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2386 in the following manner: swine (6x), boar (1x).

  1. hog, swine, boar

    1. swine (as forbidden food)

    2. wild boar

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲזִיר chăzîyr, khaz-eer'; from an unused root probably meaning to inclose; a hog (perhaps as penned):—boar, swine.
STRONGS H2386: Abbreviations
† חֲזִיר noun masculinePsalm 80:14 swine, boar (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲזִירָא, axryczo Arabic جِنْزيرً (Aramaic Loan-word according to Frä110, yet see LagBN 113); Ethiopic ኀንዚር፡: (only once; = wild boar), see HomNS 319 f. 358, 385) — always stative absolute, + 4 times with article הַח׳; —
1. swine, forbidden as food Leviticus 11:7 (P), Deuteronomy 14:8, compare בְּשַׂר הַח׳ Isaiah 65:4; Isaiah 66:17, and דַּםחֿ׳ Isaiah 66:3 as heathen offering (RSSemitic 1, 272, 325, 338, 392); with implication of repulsiveness נֶזֶם זָהָב בְּאַף ח׳ Proverbs 11:22 simile of fair woman with dubious character.
2. wild boar מִיָּ֑עַר ח׳ Psalm 80:14 figurative of foes of Israel (in figurative of vineyard).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

11:7

Deuteronomy

14:8

Psalms

80:14; 80:14

Proverbs

11:22

Isaiah

65:4; 66:3; 66:17

H2386

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2386 matches the Hebrew חֲזִיר (ḥăzîr),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:7 - And the pig is unclean to you, because though the horn of its foot is parted, its food does not come back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:8 - And the pig is unclean to you, because though it has a division in the horn of its foot, its food does not come back; their flesh may not be used for food or their dead bodies touched by you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:13 - It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:22 - Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:4 - Who are seated in the resting-places of the dead, and by night are in the secret places; who take pig's flesh for food, and have the liquid of disgusting things in their vessels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have gone after their desires, and their soul takes pleasure in their disgusting things;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:17 - As for those who keep themselves separate, and make themselves clean in the gardens, going after one in the middle, taking pig's flesh for food, and other disgusting things, such as the mouse: their works and their thoughts will come to an end together, says the Lord.
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