קִפּוֹד
kipod · hedgehog? (uncertain)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7090 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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kipod (קִפּוֹד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hedgehog? (uncertain)”.
An animal of desolate places; the identification is uncertain: hedgehog or porcupine, or a bird such as the bittern.
How to say it
ki·pod
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A small animal covered with spines.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- Isaiah 14:23
“And I will make it a possession for the hedgehog and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares YHWH Tsevaot.
- Isaiah 34:11
And the pelican and the hedgehog will possess it, and the ibis and the raven will dwell in it; and he will stretch over it the line of formlessness and the stones of emptiness.
- Zephaniah 2:14
And flocks will lie down in her midst, every animal of the nations; both the pelican and the hedgehog will lodge in her capitals; a voice will sing in the window; dryness will be on the threshold; for her cedar work has been laid bare.