H8580 תַּנְשֶׁמֶת
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 3 KJV occurrences
תַּנְשֶׁמֶת
tanshemeth · tan-sheh'-meth
Definition
properly, a hard breather, i.e. the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and abird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility), probably the tree-toad and the water-hen
KJV Renderings
mole, swan.
Derivation / Etymology
from H5395 (נָשַׁם);
KJV Verses (3)
- Leviticus 11:18And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
- Leviticus 11:30And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
- Deuteronomy 14:16The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,