Strong's Definition
from an unused root meaning to be slender; properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
KJV Usage: + greyhound, loins, side
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מׇתְנַ֫יִם (mo.ten) — loin. 1) loins, hips 1a) used with zar.zir (זַרְזִיר "greyhound" H2223) in Pr 30:31; perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
loins, sides, waist = the two sides of the body of humans and certain animals between the rib cage and the hips, ► which is the place where people normally tie a girdle, breeches, loincloth, or sackcloth; ≈ a symbol of strength
GEN 37:34 · EXO 28:42 · 2SA 20:8 · 1KI 2:5 · 1KI 12:10 · 1KI 20:31 · 1KI 20:32 · 2KI 1:8 · 2CH 10:10 · NEH 4:12 · JOB 12:18 · JOB 40:16 · PSA 66:11 · PSA 69:24 · ISA 11:5 · ISA 20:2 · ISA 21:3 · ISA 45:1 · JER 13:1 · JER 13:2 · JER 13:4 · JER 13:11 · JER 48:37 · EZK 1:27 · EZK 1:27 · EZK 8:2 · EZK 8:2 · EZK 9:2 · EZK 9:3 · EZK 9:11 · EZK 21:11 · EZK 23:15 · EZK 29:7 · EZK 44:18 · EZK 47:4 · AMO 8:10 · NAM 2:2 · NAM 2:11
Birds
Collocation: זַרְזִיר מָתְנַיִם
rooster literally: narrow waisted; exact meaning unsure; possibly: = male variant of a dark, brownish red fowl, with orange-red neck hackles, a smallish red comb on the top of their heads, and red lappets on each side under the beak; they have a white spot on their backs near the base of their long glossy black and green tails
Dress | verb qal
Collocation: אזר מָתְנַיִם
to tuck (one's) cloak in (one's) belt literally: to gird (one's) loins; hence: = action by which humans hitch up their mantle and keep it in place with a belt around their waist, ► in order to be able to walk or work
Dress | verb qal
Collocation: חגר מָתְנַיִם
to tuck (one's) cloak in (one's) belt literally: to gird (one's) loins; hence: = action by which humans hitch up their mantle and keep it in place with a belt around their waist, ► in order to be able to walk or work
Dress | verb pi
Collocation: שׁנס מָתְנַיִם
to tuck (one's) cloak in (one's) belt literally: to gird (one's) loins; hence: = action by which humans hitch up their mantle and keep it in place with a belt around their waist, ► in order to be able to walk or work
Strong
strength literally: loins; hence: = physical strength, ◄ considered to be residing in the loins of humans and certain animals
1 PRO 30:31 LXX "ἀλέκτωρ" VUL "gallus" RSV REB "strutting cock" NIV NRSV ESV "strutting rooster" | NJB "vigorous cock" CEV "proud cock" | NJPS "greyhound"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מַתְנַ֫יִם n.m.du. loins base