Qippôwd — H7090
H7090 · Hebrew — קפוד
Pronunciation: kip-pode'
Other spellings: qippôd קִפֹּד
Definition
masculine noun
a species of bird, perhaps the bittern (from its contracted form)
- porcupine, hedgehog
- a shrinking animal
Usually translated as
bittern
Origin
or qippôd; from H7088
Occurrences
Qippôwd occurs 3 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Isaiah (2), Zephaniah (1)
- Isaiah 14:23 — I will also make it a possession for the bittern (קִפֹּ֖ד), and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Isaiah 34:11 — But the cormorant and the bittern (וְקִפּ֔וֹד) shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
- Zephaniah 2:14 — And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern (קִפֹּ֔ד) shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Strong's Lexicon — Q