H8464: תַּחְמָס
tachmâç · pronounced takh-mawce' · “ostrich”
Definition
a species of unclean bird (from its violence), perhaps an owl
KJV translates it as: night hawk.
Word origin: from H2554 (חָמַס);
Extended definition
1) a ceremonially unclean bird
1a) a name of the male ostrich
1b) (CLBL) probably the great owl
1c) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
1a) a name of the male ostrich
1b) (CLBL) probably the great owl
1c) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8464 is translated
- screech owl ×2
Bible verses with H8464 (tachmâç)
Tachmâç 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,