Shachaph שַׁ֫חַף

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Shachaph
שַׁ֫חַף
Transliterationshachaph
Strong's numberH7828
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossgull
Occurrences2 in 2 verses
Most frequent inLeviticus (1)

Shachaph (Hebrew שַׁ֫חַף, Strong's H7828) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “gull”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVcuckow (2)
BSBgull (2)

Verses

Every verse with Shachaph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Leviticus

Deuteronomy

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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