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Lexicon :: Strong's H7776 - šûʿāl

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שׁוּעָל
Transliteration
šûʿāl
Pronunciation
shoo-awl'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as שֹׁעַל (H8168)
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TWOT Reference: 2433a

Strong’s Definitions

שׁוּעָל shûwʻâl, shoo-awl'; or שֻׁעָל shuʻâl; from the same as H8168; a jackal (as a burrower):—fox.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H7776 in the following manner: fox (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H7776 in the following manner: fox (7x).

  1. fox, a burrower

    1. fox

    2. perhaps also jackal

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שׁוּעָל shûwʻâl, shoo-awl'; or שֻׁעָל shuʻâl; from the same as H8168; a jackal (as a burrower):—fox.
STRONGS H7776: Abbreviations
† I. שׁוּעָל noun masculineSongs 2:15 fox, perhaps also jackal; — absolute שׁ׳ Nehemiah 3:25; plural שׁוּעָלִים Judges 15:4 +, שֻׁ׳ Ezekiel 13:4; Songs 2:15b; — fox (probably) Nehemiah 3:25; Songs 2:15 (twice in verse); perhaps (from large number) jackal Judges 15:4; as haunting ruins Ezekiel 13:4; Lamentations 5:18; eating offal Psalm 63:11.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

15:4; 15:4

Nehemiah

3:25; 3:25

Psalms

63:11

Song of Songs

2:15; 2:15; 2:15

Lamentations

5:18

Ezekiel

13:4; 13:4

H7776

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7776 matches the Hebrew שׁוּעָל (šûʿāl),
which occurs 7 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - Then he went out and caught 300 foxes. He tied their tails together in pairs, and he fastened a torch to each pair of tails.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - Tobiah the Ammonite, who was standing beside him, remarked, “That stone wall would collapse if even a fox walked along the top of it!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:10 - They will die by the sword
and become the food of jackals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:15 - Young Women of Jerusalem
Catch all the foxes,
those little foxes,
before they ruin the vineyard of love,
for the grapevines are blossoming!

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:18 - For Jerusalem[fn] is empty and desolate,
a place haunted by jackals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:4 - “O people of Israel, these prophets of yours are like jackals digging in the ruins.
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