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To get what Leviticus 11:30 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the ferret,” | וְהָֽאֲנָקָ֥ה | Some kind of lizard, probably the gecko (from its wail) | ferret |
| “and the chameleon,” | וְהַכֹּ֖חַ | Vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard | chameleon |
| “and the lizard,” | וְהַלְּטָאָ֑ה | A kind of lizard (from its covert habits) | lizard |
| “and the snail,” | וְהַחֹ֖מֶט | A lizard (as creeping) | snail |
| “and the mole.” | וְהַתִּנְשָֽׁמֶת׃ | Properly, a hard breather, i.e., the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and a bird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility), probably the tree-toad and the water-hen | mole |
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28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
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