HebrewH8464Noun (Masculine)
תַּחְמָס
tach.mas
“ostrich”
2Occurrences
H8464Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
a species of unclean bird (from its violence), perhaps an owl
from H2554 (חָמַס);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
- 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
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
H:N-M
Full Description
H:N-M
Occurrences
תַּחְמָס appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Deuteronomy
1
Leviticus
1
Key Passages
Deuteronomy 14:15BSB
the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
Leviticus 11:16BSB
the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.