חֲזִיר
ḥăzîr
swine
Strong's H2386NounHebrewTWOT 637a

חֲזִיר (ḥăzîr) is a Hebrew noun meaning swine. It appears 7 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2386).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 637a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 637a)swine, boar; hog, penned
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֲזִיר noun, masculine: swine, boar

Strong's H2386 חֲזִיר: a hog (perhaps as penned)
KJV:boar, swine.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 637: חזר ḥzr — the eye was, became narrow, small, narrow-eyed

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 11:7Deuteronomy 14:8Proverbs 11:22

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