Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H3244: יַנְשׁוּף

yanshûwph · pronounced yan-shoof' · “owl”

Definition

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

KJV translates it as: (great) owl.s

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

Extended definition

1) great owl, eared owl
1a) an unclean animal

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H3244 is translated

  • great owl ×3

Bible verses with H3244 (yanshûwph)

Yanshûwph appears in 3 verses.

  • Leviticus 11:17

    And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

  • Deuteronomy 14:16

    The 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.