HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2546
חֹ֫מֶט
cho.met — lizard
1) a kind of lizard, only in list of unclean animals 1a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown
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Lizard
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3911
לְטָאָה
le.ta.ah — lizard
1) a kind of lizard 1a) named as being unclean 1b) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8079
שְׂמָמִית
se.ma.mit — lizard
a kind of lizard
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3581
כֹּחַ
ko.ach — reptile
1) a small reptile, probably a kind of lizard, which is unclean 1a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown
121 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8580
תִּנְשֶׁ֫מֶת
tan.she.met — chameleon
1) an unclean animal of some kind 1a) an unclean bird 1a1) perhaps the ibis, water-hen, species of owl, barn owl 1b) an unclean lizard 1b1) perhaps the chameleon 1c) perhaps an extinct lizard or bird, exact meaning unknown
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2547
חֻמְטָה
chum.tah — Humtah
§ Humtah = "place of lizards" a town in the mountainous region of Judah, the one next to Hebron
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8098
κροκόδειλος
krokodeilos — crocodile
1. a lizard , properly an ionic word, (Herdotus Historicus) 2. the Nile-lizard, crocodile , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9060
σαύρα
saura — a lizard
a lizard , Lat. lacerta, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9697
χαμαιλέων
chamaileōn — chameleon
the chameleon , a kind of lizard known for changing its colour, (Aristotle Philosopher) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9718
χερσαῖος
chersaios — of dry land
on or of dry land , ὄρνιθες χ. land- birds, opposite to λιμναῖοι, (Herdotus Historicus); χ. κροκόδειλος a lizard, (Herdotus Historicus):—;also of landsmen , as opposite to seamen, (Euripides); κῦμα χερσαῖον στρατοῦ, an army, opposite to a fleet, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
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Only in Lev. 11:30, as rendering of Hebrew letaah, so called from its “hiding.” Supposed to be the Lacerta gecko or fan-foot lizard, from the toes of which poison exudes. (See CHAMELEON.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.