H8580 תַּנְשֶׁמֶת
tanshemeth — properly, a hard breather, i.e. the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and abird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility),…
KJV: mole, swan.
Derived from נָשַׁם nâsham (to blow away, i.e. destroy)
Occurs 3 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- תִּנְשֶׁ֫מֶת n.f. an animal
- 1 unclean bird, the ibis, water-hen
- 2 unclean, lizard, or chameleon
Where it occurs
- Leviticus 11:18 — the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,
- Leviticus 11:30 — the gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.
- Deuteronomy 14:16 — the little owl, the great owl, the horned owl,