Shual שׁוּעָל
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| שׁוּעָל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shual |
| Strong's number | H7776 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | fox |
| Occurrences | 7 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Judges (1) |
Shual (Hebrew שׁוּעָל, Strong's H7776) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “fox”. It occurs 7 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) fox, a burrower
1a) fox
1b) perhaps also jackal
1a) fox
1b) perhaps also jackal
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | foxes (6), fox (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | foxes (5), fox (1), like foxes (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shual, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 15:4And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 4:3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”
Psalms
- Psalm 63:10They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 2:15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.Catch for us the foxes— the little foxes that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in bloom.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 5:18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 13:4O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).