שׁוּעָל

hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine7 occurrences6 books6 verses

Definition

or שֻׁעָל; from the same as H8168; a jackal (as a burrower)
Traditional renderings: fox.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

7 total
  1. Judges 15:4שׁוּעָלִ֑ים · foxes
    Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.
  2. Nehemiah 4:3שׁוּעָ֔ל · a fox
    Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”
  3. Psalm 63:10שֻׁעָלִ֣ים · for foxes
    They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
  4. Song of Solomon 2:15שֽׁוּעָלִ֔ים · the foxes; שֽׁוּעָלִ֥ים · foxes
    Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
  5. Lamentations 5:18שׁוּעָלִ֖ים · by foxes
    …because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
  6. Ezekiel 13:4כְּשֻׁעָלִ֖ים · like foxes
    Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins.