Strong’s H2179 · Hebrew
זָנַב
zânab · zaw-nab'
Origin a primitive root meaning to wag; used only as a denominative from זָנָב (H2180);
Meaning to curtail, i.e. cut off the rear
In the King James Version smite the hindmost.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Deuteronomy 25:18How 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.
- Joshua 10:19And 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.