Quick Definition
snail
Strong's Definition
a snail (as if floating in its own slime)
Derivation: from the same as H7640 (שֹׁבֶל);
KJV Usage: snail.
TWOT Reference: 248c
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) snail
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שַׁבְּלוּל (shav.lul) — snail. snail
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · בלל
Swarming Creatures
snail = a land mollusk, usually with a spiral shell; a part of its body, called the foot, extends out of the shell and propels the snail; it excretes slime along the road which it travels
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שַׁבְּלוּל n.m. snail; name due to slimy trail ψ 58:9 ref
