Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χαμαιλέων
- Transliteration
- chamaileōn
- Part of speech
- G:N-M
- Indexed occurrences
- 0
Glosses
chameleon
Lexicon definition
the chameleon , a kind of lizard known for changing its colour, (Aristotle Philosopher) (ML)
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Chameleon
A species of lizard which has the faculty of changing the colour of its skin. It is ranked among the unclean animals in Lev. This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
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Study overview
Study at a glance
- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- G9697, H3581
- Hebrew
- כֹּחַ · kôach
- Greek
- χαμαιλέων · chamaileōn
Strong’s and original-language information
G9697
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
כֹּחַ
- Transliteration
- kôach
- Pronunciation
- ko'-akh
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 126
Glosses
ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Lexicon definition
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Complete dictionary entries
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Chameleon
A species of lizard which has the faculty of changing the colour of its skin. It is ranked among the unclean animals in Lev. 11:30, where the Hebrew word so translated is coah (R.V., "land crocodile"). In the same verse the Hebrew tanshemeth, rendered in Authorized Version "mole," is in Revised Version "chameleon," which is the correct rendering. This animal is very common in Egypt and in the Holy Land, especially in the Jordan valley.
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Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Chameleon
Indexed occurrences: 1
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All Scripture references1 references
Leviticus 1
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
CHAMELEON
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Nave’s Topical Bible references for CHAMELEON.
Indexed references: 1
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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CHAMELEON
Nave’s Topical Bible references for CHAMELEON.
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Chameleon
A species of lizard which has the faculty of changing the colour of its skin. It is ranked among the unclean animals in Lev. 11:30, where the Hebrew word so translated is coah (R.V., "land crocodile"). In the same verse the Hebrew tanshemeth, rendered in Authorized Version "mole," is in Revised Version "chameleon," which is the correct rendering. This animal is very common in Egypt and in the Holy Land, especially in the Jordan valley.
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Lizard
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 [359]CHAMELEON.)
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Mole
Heb. tinshameth (Lev. 11:30), probably signifies some species of lizard (rendered in R.V., "chameleon"). In Lev. 11:18, Deut. 14:16, it is rendered, in Authorized Version, "swan" (R.V., "horned owl"). The Heb. holed (Lev. 11:29), rendered "weasel," was probably the mole-rat. The true mole (Talpa Europoea) is not found in Palestine. The mole-rat (Spalax typhlus) "is twice the size of our mole, with no external eyes, and with only faint traces within of the rudimentary organ; no apparent ears, but, like the mole, with great internal organs of hearing; a strong, bare snout, and with large gnawing teeth; its colour a pale slate; its feet short, and provided with strong nails; its tail only rudimentary." In Isa. 2:20, this word is the rendering of two words _haphar peroth_, which are rendered by Gesenius "into the digging of rats", i.e., rats' holes. But these two Hebrew words ought probably to be combined into one (lahporperoth) and translated "to the moles", i.e., the rat-moles. This animal "lives in underground communities, making large subterranean chambers for its young and for storehouses, with many runs connected with them, and is decidedly partial to the loose debris among ruins and stone-heaps, where it can form its chambers with least trouble."
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