King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8079
Transliteration: semamith
Phonetic Spelling: (sem-aw-meeth')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: (a kind of) lizard
Meaning: (a kind of) lizard
Word Summary
semamith: (a kind of) lizard
Original Word: שְׂמָמִיתTransliteration: semamith
Phonetic Spelling: (sem-aw-meeth')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: (a kind of) lizard
Meaning: (a kind of) lizard
Strong's Concordance
spider Probably from shamem (in the sense of poisoning); a lizard (from the superstition of its noxiousness) -- spider.
see HEBREW shamem
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8079. semamith
שְׂמָמִית noun feminine a kind of lizard (so ᵑ7 ᵑ9 ᵐ5Leviticus 11:30 compare StrPr (also on שׂ > שׁ)); — absolute ׳שׂ Proverbs 30:28 (compare Shipley-CookEncy. Bib. LIZARD).
שׂמר (apparently √ of following; meaning dubious).