Tachmas תַּחְמָס
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| תַּחְמָס | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tachmas |
| Strong's number | H8464 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | ostrich |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Leviticus (1) |
Tachmas (Hebrew תַּחְמָס, Strong's H8464) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “ostrich”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) a ceremonially unclean bird
1a) a name of the male ostrich
1b) (CLBL) probably the great owl
1c) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
1a) a name of the male ostrich
1b) (CLBL) probably the great owl
1c) perhaps 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
| KJV | hawk (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | screech owl (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Tachmas, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 11:16And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 14:15And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
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).