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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H8580 - Mole

Strong's No.:H8580

Hebrew:תַּנְשֶׁמֶת

Transliteration:tanshemeth

Phonetic:tan-sheh'-meth

Word Origin:From H5395

Bible Usage:{mole} swan.

Part of Speech:Noun Feminine

Strongs
Definition:

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


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. an unclean animal of some kind

a. an unclean bird

1. perhaps the ibis, water-hen, species of owl, barn owl

b. an unclean lizard

1. perhaps the chameleon

c. perhaps an extinct lizard or bird, exact meaning unknown


Bible References:
Mole

Translation
Occurrences:
mole ( 1 )
swan ( 2 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.