# יַנְשׁוּף (yanshuf)

Israeli respelling: yanshuf. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3244. 3 Old Testament occurrences.

an unclean (acquatic) bird; probably the heron (perhaps from its blowing cry, or because the nightheron is meant ))

King James renderings: (great) owl.s

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/yanshuf-h3244

## Occurrences

- [Leviticus 11:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/11/17) — And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
- [Deuteronomy 14:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/14/16) — The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
- [Isaiah 34:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…