Shachaph — H7828

Definition

masculine noun

the gull (as thin)

1. a ceremonially unclean bird
1. cuckow, gull, seagull, sea-mew
2. maybe an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Usually translated as

cuckoo

Origin

from an unused root meaning to peel, i.e. emaciate

Occurrences

Shachaph occurs 2 times in the King James.

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

• Leviticus 11:16 — And the owl, and the night hawk, and (הַשָּׁ֑חַף) the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
• Deuteronomy 14:15 — And the owl, and the night hawk, and (הַשָּׁ֑חַף) the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,