H3244 יַנְשׁוּף

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 3 KJV occurrences

יַנְשׁוּף

yanshûwph · yan-shoof'

Definition

an unclean (acquatic) bird; probably the heron (perhaps from its blowing cry, or because the nightheron is meant ))

KJV Renderings

(great) owl.s

Derivation / Etymology

or יַנְשׁוֹף; apparently from H5398 (נָשַׁף); (compare H5399 (נֶשֶׁף))

KJV Verses (3)

Leviticus 11:17And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
Deuteronomy 14:16The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
Isaiah 34:11¶ But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.