H8580 — תַּנְשֶׁמֶת (tanshemeth)
Strong's H8580 (Hebrew)
Hebrew: תַּנְשֶׁמֶת (tanshemeth)
Pronunciation: tan-sheh'-meth
Morphology: n-f
Derivation: from נָשַׁם (nâsham) [H5395];
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.
Senses
- an unclean animal of some kind
- an unclean bird
- perhaps the ibis, water-hen, species of owl, barn owl
- an unclean lizard
- perhaps the chameleon
- perhaps an extinct lizard or bird, exact meaning unknown
Cross References
| Strong's | Original | Transliteration | Derivation | Definition | KJV Renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H5395 | נָשַׁם | nâsham | a primitive root | properly, to blow away, i.e. destroy | destroy |
Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.
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