Leviticus 11:30

Leviticus 11:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
• New International Version (NIV)the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the gecko, the monitor lizard, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the gecko, the monitor lizard, the sand reptile, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.

Context of Leviticus 11:30

28And he that carrieth their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: they shall be unclean unto you. 29And these shall be unclean unto you among the crawling things which crawl on the earth: the mole, and the field-mouse, and the lizard, after its kind; and the groaning lizard, and the great red lizard, and the climbing lizard, and the chomet, and the chameleon. 31These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even. 32And on whatever any of them when they are dead doth fall, it shall be unclean; all vessels of wood, or garment, or skin, or sack, every vessel wherewith work is done — it shall be put into water, and be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.

Leviticus 11:30 word by word

וְהָאֲנָקָ֥ה וְהַכֹּ֖חַ וְהַלְּטָאָ֑ה וְהַחֹ֖מֶט וְהַתִּנְשָֽׁמֶת׃Read the interlinear

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30The ferret - אנקה anakah, from אנק anak, to groan, to cry out: a species of lizard, which derives its name from its piercing, doleful cry. See Bochart, vol. ii., col. 1066. The chameleon - כח coach . Bochart contends that this is the waril or guaril, another species of lizard, which derives its name from its remarkable strength and vigor in destroying serpents, the Hebrew כח cach signifying to be strong, firm, vigorous: it is probably the same with the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-31This list of ceremonially unclean creatures that crawl includes both warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals that move along the ground. Snakes are also part of this group (Leviticus 11:42).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. the ferret--the Hebrew word is thought by some to signify the newt or chameleon, by others the frog. the chameleon--called by the Arabs the warral, a green lizard. the snail--a lizard which lives in the sand, and is called by the Arabs chulca, of an azure color. the mole--Another species of lizard is meant, probably the chameleon.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 11:30

• Chameleon
• Creeping Things
• Ferret
• Food
• Lizard
• Mole
• Sanitation
• Snail

In the dictionaries

• Animal
• Chameleon
• Clean
• Ferret
• Food
• Lizard
• Mole
• Paw
• Snail
• Unclean

Commentaries on Leviticus 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings