תִּנְשֶׁמֶת

Strong's Definition

properly, a hard breather, i.e. 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 &#8212 mole, swan.

Detailed Meaning

an unclean animal of some kind, an unclean bird, perhaps the ibis, water-hen, species of owl, barn owl, an unclean lizard, perhaps the chameleon, perhaps an extinct lizard or bird, exact meaning unknown

Part of Speech

feminine noun

KJV Translation Counts

swan(2x) mole(1x)

Related Words

H5395 | נָשַׁם | destroy