H7827Hebrew

שְׁחֵלֶת

shᵉchêleth(shekh-ay'-leth)
1 occurrenceOld TestamentHapax Legomenon

Definition

From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)

Strong's Definition

a scale or shell, i.e. the aromatic mussel.

Translated in KJV as

onycha.

Etymology

apparently from the same as H7826 (שַׁחַל) through some obscure idea, perhaps that of peeling off by concussion of sound;

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