Strong's Hebrew · H3244
יַנְשׁוּף
yanshûwph · yan-shoof'
Definitionan unclean (acquatic) bird; probably the heron (perhaps from its blowing cry, or because the nightheron is meant ))
Derivationor יַנְשׁוֹף; apparently from H5398 (נָשַׁף); (compare H5399 (נֶשֶׁף))
KJV usage(great) owl.s
Occurrences3 in the KJV · 3 verses
יַנְשׁוּף in Scripture
Leviticus 11:17
And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
Deuteronomy 14:16
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
Isaiah 34:11
But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.