Quick Definition
fox
Strong's Definition
a jackal (as a burrower)
Derivation: or שֻׁעָל; from the same as H8168 (שֹׁעַל);
KJV Usage: fox.
TWOT Reference: 2433a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שׁוּעָל (shu.al) — fox. 1) fox, a burrower 1a) fox 1b) perhaps also jackal
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Wild Animals | ≈ אֹחַ · אִי · תַּן
jackal, fox = animal that looks like a longhaired dog with a pointed nose and a bushy tail; either reddish with white underparts (fox) or yellowish brown with red tips to the fur on the back (jackal); scavenger; ≈ associated with destruction and devastation, and also with being insignificant but self-important
JDG 15:4 · NEH 3:35 · PSA 63:11 · SNG 2:15 · SNG 2:15 · LAM 5:18 · EZK 13:4
name
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שׁוּעָל n.m. fox, perhaps also jackal base