Chômeṭ — H2546

H2546 · Hebrew — חמט

Pronunciation: kho'met

Definition

masculine noun

a lizard (as creeping)

  1. a kind of lizard, only in list of unclean animals
    1. perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown

Usually translated as

snail

Origin

from an unused root probably meaning, to lie low

Occurrences

Chômeṭ occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C