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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #7828 - שַׁחַף

Transliteration

shachaph

Phonetics

shakh'-af

Origin

from an unused root meaning to peel, i.e. emaciate

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

2365a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

a ceremonially unclean bird
1. cuckow, gull, seagull, sea-mew
2. maybe an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

BSB (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

CSB (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

ESV (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

KJV (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

LEB (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

LSB (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

N95 (4)

Leviticus 2

Deuteronomy 2

NAS (2)

Leviticus 2

Deuteronomy 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2826) p h s (סהההפ ShHhP) AC: ? CO: Thin AB: ?: [from: hs- being thin from hunger]

N^m ) p h s (סהההפ ShHhP) - Shahhaph: An unknown bird. KJV (2): cuckow - Strongs: H7828 (שַׁחַף)

N^f2) t p h s (סהההפת ShHhPT) - Consumption: A disease making one thin. KJV (2): consumption - Strongs: H7829 (שַׁחֶפֶת)

b^m) p i h s (סהההיפ ShHhYP) - Panel: A thin board. KJV (1): cieled - Strongs: H7824 (שָׂחִיף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[שַׁ֫חַף] noun [masculine] probably sea-mew, gull (compare ᵐ5ᵑ9) (from attenuated body, Thes); so Post^{Hast. DB CUCKOW} Tristr^{NHB 210 ff}; sterna fluviatilis, or tern Id^{FFP 135} M'Lean-Shipley^{Ency. Bib. ID}.; — הַשָּׁ֑חַף Deuteronomy 14:15 = Leviticus 11:16 (P), in list of unclean birds.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שַׁחַף m. Leviticus 11:16; Deuteronomy 14:15 according to LXX. and Vulg. larus (Seemeve), gull, an aquatic bird, so called from its leanness; see Bochart, Hieroz. II. lib. ii. cap. 18.

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List of Word Forms

הַשָּׁ֑חַף השחף haš·šā·ḥap̄ hashShachaf haššāḥap̄