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# זֵד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2086

**insolent** — used 13 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

insolent [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2086/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זֵד: adj. insolent, presumptuous [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2086/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. insolent, presumptuous:—ז׳ Pr 21:24; pl. זֵדִים Je 43:2 + 11 times;—always masc., and always of opposition to י׳, wickedness; with qualified noun expressed, only הָאֲנָשִׁים הַזֵּדִים Je 43:2, of opponents of Jerem.; elsewhere used substantively, as term. techn. for godless, rebellious men; once sg. זֵד יָהִיר לֵץ שְׁמוֹ Pr 21:24 a haughty, insolent one, scorner is his name (‖ עוֹשֶׂה בְּעֶבְרַת זָדוֹן); usually pl. Is 13:11 (גְּאוֹן ז׳; ‖ גַּאֲוַת עָרִיצִים); Mal 3:13 (‖ עֹשֵׂי רִשְׁעָה), v Mal 3:19 (‖ עֹשֵׁה רִשְׁעָה); and in ψ 86:14 (‖ עָרִיצִים), 119:21 (‖ הַשֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֹתֶיךָ), v 51, 69, 78, 85, 122; so prob. also ψ 19:14 גַּם מִזֵּדִים חֲשׂךְ עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ also from presumptuous men hold back thy servant (Ew Ol Hup CheRVm); \>presumptuous sins De al. (AV RV).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: arrogant \[people\] (9); an arrogant \[person\] (1); arrogant (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 119:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.21/#tree)

גָּ֭עַרְתָּ זֵדִ֣ים אֲרוּרִ֑ים הַ֝שֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* you.rebuke arrogant.\[people\] cursed.\[people\] \[who\].go astray from commandments your

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, that do err from Thy commandments.

[Psalms 119:122](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.122/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.122/#tree)

עֲרֹ֣ב עַבְדְּךָ֣ לְט֑וֹב אַֽל־יַעַשְׁקֻ֥נִי זֵדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* stand.surety.for servant your for good not may they.oppress.me arrogant.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* Be surety for Thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2086.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2086/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).