H7828: שַׁחַף
shachaph · pronounced shakh'-af · “gull”
Definition
the gull (as thin)
KJV translates it as: cuckoo.
Word origin: from an unused root meaning to peel, i.e. emaciate;
Extended definition
1) a ceremonially unclean bird
1a) cuckow, gull, seagull, sea-mew
1b) maybe an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
1a) cuckow, gull, seagull, sea-mew
1b) maybe an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7828 is translated
- gull ×2
Bible verses with H7828 (shachaph)
Shachaph appears in 2 verses.
- Leviticus 11:16
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
- Deuteronomy 14:15
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,