Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #8464 - תַּחְמָס
Transliteration
tachmâç
Phonetics
takh-mawce'
Origin
from (H2554)
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TWOT
678b
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- a ceremonially unclean bird
- a name of the male ostrich
- (CLBL) probably the great owl
- perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
ASV (4)
Leviticus
2
Deuteronomy
2
BSB (2)
Leviticus
1
Deuteronomy
1
CSB (2)
Leviticus
1
Deuteronomy
1
ESV (2)
Leviticus
1
Deuteronomy
1
KJV (2)
Leviticus
1
Deuteronomy
1
LEB (2)
Leviticus
1
Deuteronomy
1
LSB (2)
Leviticus
1
Deuteronomy
1
N95 (2)
Leviticus
1
Deuteronomy
1
NAS (2)
Leviticus
1
Deuteronomy
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
Leviticus
1
Deuteronomy
1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
2172) xmh (ההמס HhMS) AC: Shake CO: ? AB: Violence: [from: mh- shaking]
V) xmh (ההמס HhMS) - Shake: To shake someone or something violently. To do a wrong to another as a shaking. KJV (8): (vf: Paal, Niphal) violence, violate, shake, wrong, violent, take, bare - Strongs: H2554 (חָמַס)
Nm) xmh (ההמס HhMS) - Violence: A violent shaking. KJV (60): violence, violent, cruelty, wrong, false, cruel, damage, injustice, unrighteous - Strongs: H2555 (חָמָס)
im) xmht (תההמס THhMS) - Tahhmas: An unknown bird. KJV (2): hawk - Strongs: H8464 (תַּחְמָס)
AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2025
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
תַּחְמָס noun [masculine] name of male ostrich, according to Bo ii.830 Thes (Thes derives from violence of this bird, compare Arabic 
violence, also ostrich; other conjectures are: owl ᵐ5ᵑ9; swallow, Saad: see also Kn in Di) — mentioned as unclean Leviticus 11:16 (P) Deuteronomy 14:15.
violence, also ostrich; other conjectures are: owl ᵐ5ᵑ9; swallow, Saad: see also Kn in Di) — mentioned as unclean Leviticus 11:16 (P) Deuteronomy 14:15.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
List of Word Forms
הַתַּחְמָ֖ס התחמס hat·taḥ·mās hattachMas hattaḥmās
