H8079Hebrew

שְׂמָמִית

sᵉmâmîyth(sem-aw-meeth')
1 occurrenceOld TestamentHapax Legomenon

Definition

From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)

Strong's Definition

a lizard (from the superstition of its noxiousness)

Translated in KJV as

spider.

Etymology

probably from H8074 (שָׁמֵם) (in the sense of poisoning);

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