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2179 - zinneb

Strong's Concordance

Original word: זָנַב

Transliteration: zinneb

Definition (short): rear

Definition (full): to curtail, cut off the rear

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: denominative verb from zanab

Definition: to cut off or smite the tail

NASB Translation: attack them in the rear (1), attacked (1).

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root meaning to wag; used only as a denominative from zanab; to curtail, i.e. Cut off the rear -- smite the hindmost.

see HEBREW zanab

References

Strong's 2179: 2 Occurrences

Deuteronomy 25:18

KJV: How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

NASB: how he met you along the way and attacked among you all the stragglers at your rear when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God.

Joshua 10:19

KJV: And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.

NASB: but do not stay there yourselves; pursue your enemies and attack them in the rear. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand."