H8580: תַּנְשֶׁמֶת
tanshemeth · pronounced tan-sheh'-meth · “chameleon”
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 translates it as: mole, swan.
Word origin: from H5395 (נָשַׁם);
Extended definition
1) an unclean animal of some kind
1a) an unclean bird
1a1) perhaps the ibis, water-hen, species of owl, barn owl
1b) an unclean lizard
1b1) perhaps the chameleon
1c) perhaps an extinct lizard or bird, exact meaning unknown
1a) an unclean bird
1a1) perhaps the ibis, water-hen, species of owl, barn owl
1b) an unclean lizard
1b1) perhaps the chameleon
1c) perhaps an extinct lizard or bird, exact meaning unknown
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8580 is translated
- barn owl ×2
- chameleon ×1
Bible verses with H8580 (tanshemeth)
Tanshemeth appears in 3 verses.
- Leviticus 11:18
And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
- Leviticus 11:30
And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
- Deuteronomy 14:16
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,