Yanshûwph — H3244

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. great owl, eared owl
1. an unclean animal

Usually translated as

owl.s

Origin

or yanshôwph; apparently from H5398; (compare H5399)

• Nâshaph (H5398)
• Nesheph (H5399)

Occurrences

Yanshûwph occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Isaiah (1)

• Leviticus 11:17 — And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl (הַיַּנְשֽׁוּף),
• Deuteronomy 14:16 — The little owl, and the great owl (הַיַּנְשׁ֖וּף), and the swan,
• Isaiah 34:11 — But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl (וְיַנְשׁ֥וֹף) also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.