Hebrew word study
תַּנְשֶׁמֶת H8580
- Transliteration
- tanshemeth
- Pronunciation
- tan-sheh'-meth
- KJV glosses
- mole, swan.
Lexical summary
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
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
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
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information