Tanshemeth means “mole” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H8580 תַּנשֶׁמֶת (tanshemeth) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. tanshemeth (tan-sheh'-meth) n-f. 1. (properly) a hard breather, i.e. the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and a bird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility), probably the tree-toad and the water-hen [from H5395] It has 3 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include lizard. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
tanshemeth (tan-sheh'-meth) n-f. 1. (properly) a hard breather, i.e. the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and a bird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility), probably the tree-toad and the water-hen [from H5395] KJV: mole, swan. Root(s): H5395
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chameleon
Usage: 1) an unclean animal of some kind 1a) an unclean bird 1a1) perhaps the ibis, water-hen, species of owl, barn owl 1b) an unclean lizard 1b1) perhaps the chameleon 1c) perhaps an extinct lizard or bird, exact meaning unknown
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tanshemeth, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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3 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8580.
And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8580, grouped by book.
Tanshemeth (Strong's H8580) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "mole". tanshemeth (tan-sheh'-meth) n-f. 1. (properly) a hard breather, i.e. the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and a bird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility), probably the tree-toad and the water-hen [from H5395]
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's H8580 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8580 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lizard. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.