Bible Dictionary

Greyhound

(Prov. 30:31), the rendering of the Hebrew zarzir mothnayim, meaning literally “girded as to the lions.” Some (Gesen.; R.V. marg.) render it “war-horse.” The LXX. and Vulgate versions render it “cock…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

V. ” The LXX. ” The greyhound, however, was evidently known in ancient times, as appears from Egyptian monuments.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

e. ” But perhaps the word means “a wrestler,” when girt about the loins for a contest.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

V. " Prov 30:31. That a "greyhound" does not answer to the meaning of the Hebrew is generally agreed. The most probable rendering yet suggested is that of a "wrestler" girded for the fight; others explain it of the war-horse, which is so poetically described in the book of Job 39:19-25.