Tachash — H8476

H8476 · Hebrew — תחש

Pronunciation: takh'-ash

Definition

masculine noun

a (clean) animal with fur, probably a species of antelope

  1. a kind of leather, skin, or animal hide
    1. perhaps the animal yielding the skin
      1. perhaps the badger or dugong, dolphin, or sheep, or a now extinct animal

Usually translated as

badger

Origin

probably of foreign derivation

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Tachash occurs 14 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (6), Numbers (7), Ezekiel (1)

Strong's Lexicon — T