ذِئْب
Noun · 3 timesMeaning: the wolf · Also translated as: a wolf
Forms in the Quran
- ٱلذِّئْبُ ×3
ذِئْب
ذئب in the Quran
Meaning: the wolf
ذئب occurs 3 times in 3 verses across 1 surah of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.
- Occurrences
- 3
- Verses
- 3
- Surahs
- 1
- Root
- ذ أ ب
Its root in the classical dictionaries
الذال والهمزة والباء أصل واحد يدل على قلة استقرار، وألا يكون للشيء في حركته جهة واحدة. من ذلك الذئب، سمي بذلك لتذؤبه من غير جهة واحدة. ويقال ذئب الرجل إذا وقع في غنمه [الذئب]. ويقال تذأبت الريح: أتت من كل جانب. وأرض مذأبة: كثيرة الذئاب. وذؤب الرجل إذا صار ذئبا خبيثا. وجمع الذئب أذؤب وذئاب وذؤبان. ويقال تذاءبت الناقة…
الذئب: كلب البر، والجمع أذؤب، في القليل، وذئاب وذؤبان؛ والأنثى ذئبة، يهمز ولا يهمز، وأصله الهمز. وفي حديث الغار:
Verses with ذئب
Verses 1–3 of 3
- Each word opens its meaning.
(Jacob) said: "Really It saddens me that ye Should take him away: I fear lest the wolf Should devour him While ye attend not To him."
Surah Yusuf, verse 12:13 - Each word opens its meaning.
They said: "If the wolf Were to devour him While we are (so large) a party, Then should we indeed (First) have perished ourselves!"
Surah Yusuf, verse 12:14 - Each word opens its meaning.
They said: "O our father! We went racing with one another, And left Joseph with our things; And the wolf devoured him.… But thou wilt never believe us Even though we tell the truth.
Surah Yusuf, verse 12:17