Strong H7090קִפֹּד

porcupine

Transliteration
qippôd qippôd
Pronunciation
{kip-pode'} kip-pode'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H7088; a species of {bird} perhaps the bittern (from its contracted form): - bittern.

Detailed definition

1) porcupine, hedgehog
1a) a shrinking animal

In the Bible

Strong H7090 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • bittern3

First verses

  1. Isaiah 14:23
    I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
  2. Isaiah 34:11
    But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
  3. Zephaniah 2:14
    And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
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