Strong H7776שׁוּעָל
fox
- Transliteration
- shû‛âl shû‛âl
- Pronunciation
- {shoo-awl'} shoo-awl'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From the same as H8168; a jackal (as a burrower): - fox.
Detailed definition
1) fox, a burrower
1a) fox
1b) perhaps also jackal
1a) fox
1b) perhaps also jackal
In the Bible
Strong H7776 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fox6
First verses
- Judges 15:4And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
- Nehemiah 4:3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
- Psalms 63:10They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
- Song of Songs 2:15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
- Lamentations 5:18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
- Ezekiel 13:4O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.