Zanav זָנָב
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| זָנָב | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | zanav |
| Strong's number | H2180 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | tail |
| Occurrences | 11 in 9 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (4) |
Zanav (Hebrew זָנָב, Strong's H2180) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “tail”. It occurs 11 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
tail, end, stump
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | tail (9), tails (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | tail (6), foxes tail to tail (1), tails (1), his tail (1), stubs (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Zanav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 4:4And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:“Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 28:13And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
- Deuteronomy 28:44He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
Judges
- Judges 15:4And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.
Job
- Job 40:17He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 7:4And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
- Isaiah 9:14Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
- Isaiah 9:15The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
- Isaiah 19:15Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm or reed.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).