- זַרְזִיר
- זַרְזִירI, זַרְזָר m. (v. זִירָה) wrestler, antagonist, gladiator. Y.R. Hash. I, 57a bot. זה … לנצח זַרְזִירֹווכ׳ each is anxious to defeat his antagonist.Pl. זַרְזִירִין, זַרְזָרִין. Lam. R. to V, 1 אדם … שני זרזרין … כובשוכ׳ (not כבוש) if a man trains two gladiators in his house, he will restrain the stronger one (Bib. Hebr. זַרְזִיר quick, or armed, v. זרז.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.