Lexical Definition

‎זִיו‎ zîyv (zeev) splendor ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎זִו‎

brightness, countenance.

• (figuratively) cheerfulness

1) brightness, splendour

See Greek: εἴσοδος · μορφή · ὅρασις · ὄψις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎זִיו‎] noun masculine brightness, splendour (ᵑ7 id., Syriac , perhaps loan-word from Assyrian zîmu, chiefly of countenance, Dl^{WB 252: Pr 152} Nö^{ZMG xl (1886), 732} Jen^{ZK ii. 43} Brock^{Lex. Syr. 93}); — suffix ‎זִיוִי‎ Dan 4:33* splendour of royalty; ‎זִוֵהּ‎ Dan 2:31 (of image); plural brightness of countenance: suffix ‎זִיוַי‎ Kt, ‎זיויך‎ Kt, ‎זִיוָךְ‎ Qr, Dan 5:10, ‎זִי֫וֺהִי‎ Dan 5:6; Dan 5:9.

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