Strong's Lexicon

H8079

H8079 — שְׂמָמִיתּ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewsmamiythnoun femOccurrences: 1TWOT: 2271

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8079
Word:שְׂמָמִיתּ
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:probably from H8074 (in the sense of poisoning)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:smamiyth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:sem-aw-meeth'
Meaning:1. a lizard (from the superstition of its noxiousness)
KJV Renderings:spider.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8267

שְׂמָמִית noun feminine a kind of lizard (so ᵐ5 ᵑ9 ᵑ7 Lev 11:30 compare StrPr (also on שׂ > שׁ)); — absolute ׳ שׂ Prov 30:28 (compare Shipley-CookEncy. Bib. LIZARD).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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