Strong H2386חֲזִיר
swine
- Transliteration
- chăzîyr
- Pronunciation
- khaz-eer'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From an unused root probably meaning to inclose; a hog (perhaps as penned): - {boar} swine.
Detailed definition
1) hog, swine, boar
1a) swine (as forbidden food)
1b) wild boar
1a) swine (as forbidden food)
1b) wild boar
In the Bible
Strong H2386 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- swine6
- boar1
First verses
- Leviticus 11:7And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
- Deuteronomy 14:8And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
- Psalms 80:13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
- Proverbs 11:22As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
- Isaiah 65:4Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
- Isaiah 66:3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
- Isaiah 66:17They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.