Senses
1. wolf — A wolf (Canis lupus), the predatory canid used in Scripture both literally and as a figure for violent, rapacious persons or enemies (Gen 49:27 Benjamin as a ravenous wolf; Isa 11:6 wolf dwelling with lamb; Ezek 22:27 princes like wolves; Hab 1:8 swifter than wolves; Zeph 3:3 evening wolves). Translated as English 'wolf/wolves,' Spanish 'lobo/lobos,' Hindi 'bhediya/bhediyon' (भेड़िया/भेड़ियों), Arabic 'dhi'b/dhi'ab' (الذِّئْبُ/ذِئَابُ), Korean 'iri' (이리), Swahili 'mbwa mwitu.' All three clusters represent the same lexeme in different morpho-syntactic frames: absolute, construct, and with prepositions (min, ka). 7×
AR["الذِّئْبُ","ذِئَابُ","ذِئْبٌ","ذِئْبُ","كَذِئَابٍ","مِنَ-ذِئابِ"]·ben["-মতো-নেকড়েদের","নেকড়া","নেকড়ে","নেকড়ে-","নেকড়ের-চেয়েও-"]·DE["[זאב]","[זאבי]","[כזאבים]","[מזאבי]","ein-Wolf"]·EN["The-wolf","are-wolves-of","like-wolves","than-wolves-of","wolf","wolf-of"]·FR["[זאב]","[כזאבים]","loup","loups-de","que-les-loups-de"]·heb["זאב","זאבי","כ-זאבים","מ-זאבי"]·HI["जैसे-भेड़िए","भेड़िया","भेड़िये","भेड़ियों-से"]·ID["Serigala","dari-serigala-serigala","seperti-serigala","serigala","serigala-serigala"]·IT["[זאבי]","[כזאבים]","[מזאבי]","lupo","wolf"]·jav["Serigala","ajag-ajag","kados-asu-ajag","serigala","srigala","tinimbang-ajag-ajag"]·KO["-이리들-같이","이리-보다","이리가","이리들","이리와","이리이다"]·PT["Lobo","como-lobos","lobo","lobo-de","lobos-de","que-lobos-de-"]·RU["в-среде","волк","волки","чем-волки"]·ES["El-lobo","como-lobos","lobo","lobo-de","lobos-de","que-lobos-de-"]·SW["kama-mbwa-mwitu","mbwa-mwenye-kinyonga","mbwa-mwitu","mbwa-mwitu-wa"]·TR["-den-kurtlar","kurt","kurtlar-gibi","kurtları-"]·urd["بھیڑیا","بھیڑیوں-سے","بھیڑیے","جیسے-بھیڑیے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. זְאֵב n.m. Is 11:6 wolf (NH id., Arabic ذِئْبٌ (jackal according to HomNS 303 ff.; but see RSZMG 1880, 373 and DoughtyArabic Deserta i. 327; ii, 144, 145) Aramaic דֵּיבָה, ܕܺܐܒܳܐ, Assyrian zîbu DlS 47; Ethiopic ዝእብ hyena Di1056 (on format. cf. LagBN 58); Ph. in cpd.n.pr. זיבקם)—זְאֵב abs. Gn 49:27 + 2 times; cstr. Je 5:6; pl. זְאֵבִים Ez 22:27; cstr. זְאֵבֵי Hb 1:8 Zp 3:3;—wolf, never in…