H8580 תּנשׁמת - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon Number


תּנשׁמת
tanshemeth
tan-sheh'-meth
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

KJV Usage: mole, swan.


Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions

BDB5423

תּנשׁמת

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
Origin: from H5395
TWOT: 1433b
Parts of Speech: Noun Feminine
TBESH:
תִּנְשֶׁ֫מֶת
tan.she.met
H:N-F
chameleon
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

View how H8580 תּנשׁמת is used in the Bible

3 occurrences of H8580 תּנשׁמת

Leviticus 11:18 And the swan,
Leviticus 11:30 and the mole.
Deuteronomy 14:16 and the swan,

Distinct usage

2 And the swan,
1 and the mole.

Related words

H8580

H5395 נשׁם nâsham

נשׁם
nâsham
naw-sham'
A primitive root; properly to blow away, that is, destroy

KJV Usage: destroy.


H5397 נשׁמה ne shâmâh
נשׁמה
ne shâmâh
nesh-aw-maw'
From H5395; a puff, that is, wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect or (concretely) an animal

KJV Usage: blast, (that) breath (-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.