Quick Definition
frog
Strong's Definition
a marsh-leaper, i.e. frog
Derivation: from H6852 (צָפַר) and a word elsewhere unused meaning a swamp;
KJV Usage: frog.
TWOT Reference: 1963
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
צְפַרְדֵּעַ (tse.phar.de.a) — frog. frogs
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
Aquatic Animals
(plague of) frogs = amphibious small animal with large hind legs used for jumping; about 70 mm. long; brown or olive-green in color; lays eggs which hatch as tadpoles and gradually grow legs; ◄ Edible Frog (|iRana esculenta|i*) or Spotted Frog (|iRana punctata|i*); ► unclean; ≈ associated with demons by Egyptians and Persians
EXO 7:27 · EXO 7:28 · EXO 7:29 · EXO 8:1 · EXO 8:2 · EXO 8:3 · EXO 8:4 · EXO 8:5 · EXO 8:7 · EXO 8:8 · EXO 8:9 · PSA 105:30 · PSA 78:45
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
צְפַרְדֵּעַ n.f. frogs base