Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2061
זְאֵב
zeebzeh-abe'
wolf
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: zᵉʼêb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2061is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2061
a wolf
The King James renders it: wolf.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
zeeb is rendered "wolf". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:27Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
Genesis 49:27זְאֵ֣ב
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- wolf2
- a wolf1
- a wolf of1
- like wolves1
- more than wolves of1
- wolves of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- זְאֵ֣ב1
- זְאֵב֙1
- זְאֵ֨ב1
- זְאֵ֤ב1
- זְאֵ֣בֵי1
- כִּזְאֵבִ֖ים1
- מִזְּאֵ֣בֵי1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmpc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine plural1HR/Ncmpa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmpc
Genesis
one use
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
- זְאֵ֣בzeevnoun · masculine singulartagged: a wolf
Isaiah
two uses
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
- זְאֵב֙zeevnoun · masculine singulartagged: wolf
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
- זְאֵ֨בzeevnoun · masculine singulartagged: wolf
Jeremiah
one use
Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
- זְאֵ֤בzeevnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a wolf of
Ezekiel
one use
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
- כִּזְאֵבִ֖יםkizevimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: like wolves
Habakkuk
one use
Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.
- מִזְּאֵ֣בֵיmizeeveipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: more than wolves of
Zephaniah
one use
Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
- זְאֵ֣בֵיzeeveinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wolves of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.