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Lexicon :: Strong's H3244 - yanšûp̄

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יַנְשׁוּף
Transliteration
yanšûp̄
Pronunciation
yan-shoof'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from נָשַׁף (H5398)
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TWOT Reference: 1434b

Strong’s Definitions

יַנְשׁוּף yanshûwph, yan-shoof'; or יַנְשׁוֹף yanshôwph; apparently from H5398; (compare H5399) an unclean (aquatic) bird; probably the heron (perhaps from its blowing cry, or because the night heron is meant):—(great) owl.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H3244 in the following manner: great owl (2x), owl (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H3244 in the following manner: great owl (2x), owl (1x).

  1. great owl, eared owl

    1. an unclean animal

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יַנְשׁוּף yanshûwph, yan-shoof'; or יַנְשׁוֹף yanshôwph; apparently from H5398; (compare H5399) an unclean (aquatic) bird; probably the heron (perhaps from its blowing cry, or because the night heron is meant):—(great) owl.
STRONGS H3244: Abbreviations
† יַנְשׁוּף and (Isaiah 34:11) יַנְשׁוֺף noun [masculine] a bird (with harsh, strident note ? BoHeroz, ii. 284; ed. Rosenm. iii. 29, TristrNHB 192 think of נֶשֶׁף — i.e. a twilight bird; on formative compare LagBN 127 BaNB 231); — unclean Leviticus 11:17; Deuteronomy 14:16; inhabiting deserts Isaiah 34:11. Probably a kind of owl Bol.c., 'Great Owl,' Egyptian Eagle-owl (bubo ascalaphus) Tristrl.c. compare Syriac Version Targum Di Dr-WhiteHpt (LV), > Greek Version of the LXX. Vulgate Leviticus, Isaiah ibis.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

11:17

Deuteronomy

14:16

Isaiah

34:11; 34:11

H3244

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Strong's Number H3244 matches the Hebrew יַנְשׁוּף (yanšûp̄),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:17 - the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:16 - the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:11 - The desert owl[fn] and screech owl[fn] will possess it; the great owl[fn] and the raven will nest there. God will stretch out over Edom the measuring line of chaos and the plumb line of desolation.
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