Strong's H3244

יַנְשׁוּף

Language:: Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

an unclean (acquatic) bird; probably the heron (perhaps from its blowing cry, or because the nightheron is meant ))

Derivation

or יַנְשׁוֹף; apparently from H5398 (נָשַׁף); (compare H5399 (נֶשֶׁף))

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, יַנְשׁוּף is translated as: (great) owl.s.

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.