Strong’s H8580
תַּנְשֶׁמֶת — tanshemeth
תַּנְשֶׁמֶת (tanshemeth, Strong’s H8580) means: properly, a hard breather, i.
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
- H8580
- /tan-sheh'-meth/
- 3× in the Bible
- Transliteration
- tanshemeth
- Pronunciation
- tan-sheh'-meth
- Occurrences
- 3
Meaning
- Hebrew
- תַּנְשֶׁמֶת
- 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
- Derivation
- from H5395 (נָשַׁם);
- King James Version renders it as
- mole, swan.
Derived from
- נָשַׁם nâshamH5395 · to blow away · 1×
Where it appears
The first verses that use tanshemeth (3 times in all).
Sources
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