International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
SNEEZEsnez (zorer, Pho`el-form zarar): "The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes" (2 Kings 4:35). "Sneezing," better "snorting," is found in the description of Leviathan (the crocodile): "His sneezings (`atsishah) flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning" (Job 41:18 (Hebrew 10)).
See NEESING.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. i.) To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose.
2. (n.) A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.
Strong's Hebrew
2237. zarar -- to sneeze... zarar. 2238 >>. to
sneeze. Transliteration: zarar Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-rar')
Short Definition: sneezed.
... root Definition to
sneeze NASB Word Usage sneezed (1).
... /hebrew/2237.htm - 6k 5846. atishah -- a sneezing
... sneezes (1). sneezing. From an unused root meaning to sneeze; sneezing --
sneezing. << 5845, 5846. atishah. 5847 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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