Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H7090 |
|---|---|
| Word: | קִפּוֹד קִפּוֹד |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H7088 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | qippowd |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kip-pode' (or qippod {kip-pode'}) n-m. |
| Meaning: | 1. a species of bird, perhaps the bittern (from its contracted form) |
| KJV Renderings: | bittern. |
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קִפֹּד noun [masculine] porcupine (from rolling itself together; ᵐ5 ἐχῖνοι (always plural), ᵑ9 ericius, BoHieroz. Iii, cap. 36 PostHastings DB BITTEBN; > (from context) bittern TrNHB 243 Hi Che Gu Kau; see discussion by M'Lean-ShipleyEncy. Bib. BITTERN); — ׳ ק as haunting desolate places, Isa 14:23; Zeph 2:14, קִפּוֺד Isa 34:11.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
