Strong’s definition
an unclean (acquatic) bird; probably the heron (perhaps from its blowing cry, or because the nightheron is meant ))
KJV gloss list in the source
(great) owl.s
Source pronunciation notation: yan-shoof'
Derivation recorded by Strong
or יַנְשׁוֹף; apparently from H5398 (נָשַׁף); (compare H5399 (נֶשֶׁף))
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