# H8079 שְׂמָמִית

שְׂמָמִית (sᵉmâmîyth), Strong’s H8079: a lizard (from the superstition of its noxiousness) KJV: spider.. Occurs 1 times.

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*sᵉmâmîyth* — a lizard (from the superstition of its noxiousness)

KJV: spider.

Derived from [שָׁמֵם shâmêm](https://besorah.bible/word/H8074) (to stun)

Occurs 1 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שְׂמָמִית n.f. a kind of lizard;—abs. Pr 30:28

## Where it occurs
- [Proverbs 30:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/30?v=28) — You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.