קִפּוֹדqippôwd

porcupine (Isaiah 14:23; Zephaniah 2:14; Isaiah 34:11)

Pronunciation: kip-pode' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7090

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 14:23 “I will make Babylon a desolate place of owls, filled with swamps and marshes. I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction. I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”
  • Isaiah 34:11 It will be haunted by the desert owl and the screech owl, the great owl and the raven. For God will measure that land carefully; he will measure it for chaos and destruction.
  • Zephaniah 2:14 The proud city will become a pasture for flocks and herds, and all sorts of wild animals will settle there. The desert owl and screech owl will roost on its ruined columns, their calls echoing through the gaping windows. Rubble will block all the doorways, and the cedar paneling will be exposed to the weather.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).