H7828Hebrew

שַׁחַף

shachaph(shakh'-af)
2 occurrencesOld TestamentRare Word

Definition

From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)

Strong's Definition

the gull (as thin)

Translated in KJV as

cuckoo.

Etymology

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

All Occurrences(2)