Strong's Number H8580

תַּנְשֶׁמֶת

tanshemeth · tan-sheh'-meth

Transliteration:

tanshemeth{tan-sheh'-meth}

Word Origin:

from 5395

TWOT:

1433b

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

swan 2, mole 1

Total: 3
Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

an unclean animal of some kind
1. an unclean bird
  1. perhaps the ibis, water-hen, species of owl, barn owl
2. an unclean lizard
  1. perhaps the chameleon
3. perhaps an extinct lizard or bird, exact meaning unknown