Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8500: תֻּכִּי

tukkîy · pronounced took-kee' · “peacock”

Definition

probably of foreign derivation; some imported creature, probably a peacock

KJV translates it as: peacock.

Word origin: or תּוּכִּי;

Extended definition

1) peacock, baboon, ape
1a) peacock
1b) (TWOT) baboon, ape

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

How H8500 is translated

  • apes ×2

Bible verses with H8500 (tukkîy)

Tukkîy appears in 2 verses.

  • 1 Kings 10:22

    For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

  • 2 Chronicles 9:21

    For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.