Lexicon :: Strong's H7828 - šaḥap̄

שַׁחַף
Transliteration
šaḥap̄
Pronunciation
shakh'-af
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to peel, i.e. emaciate
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2365a

Strong’s Definitions

שַׁחַף shachaph, shakh'-af; from an unused root meaning to peel, i.e. emaciate; the gull (as thin):—cuckoo.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H7828 in the following manner: cuckow (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H7828 in the following manner: cuckow (2x).

  1. a ceremonially unclean bird

    1. cuckow, gull, seagull, sea-mew

    2. maybe an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שַׁחַף shachaph, shakh'-af; from an unused root meaning to peel, i.e. emaciate; the gull (as thin):—cuckoo.
STRONGS H7828: Abbreviations
† [שַׁ֫חַף] noun [masculine] probably sea-mew, gull (compare ) (from attenuated body, Thes); so PostHast. DB CUCKOW TristrNHB 210 ff; sterna fluviatilis, or tern IdFFP 135 M'Lean-ShipleyEncy. Bib. ID.; — הַשָּׁ֑חַף Deuteronomy 14:15 = Leviticus 11:16 (P), in list of unclean birds.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

11:16

Deuteronomy

14:15