Strong H8580תִּנְשֶׁ֫מֶת
chameleon
- Transliteration
- tanshemeth
- Pronunciation
- tan-sheh'-meth
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From H5395; properly a hard {breather} that {is} the name of two unclean {creatures} a lizard and a bird (both perhaps from changing color through their {irascibility }) probably the tree toad and the water hen: - {mole} swan.
Detailed 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
In the Bible
Strong H8580 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- swan2
- mole1
First verses
- Leviticus 11:18And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
- Leviticus 11:30And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
- Deuteronomy 14:16The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,