Lexical Definition

‎קִפּוֹז‎ qippôwz (kip-poze') arrow snake ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to contract, i.e.

great owl.

• spring forward
• an arrow-snake (as darting on its prey)

1) arrow snake, owl
1a) meaning dubious

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קִפּוֺז‎ noun feminine arrow-snake (Arabic , so Bo^{Hieroz. Pars post. iii. Cap. 11} (citing Avicenna^{ii. 139, 16,} compare Thes Lag^{BN 89}), and most moderns; compare Dozy^{ii. 383} PS^{1375 ad. Fin}.; = ἀκοντίας Aelian^{Hist. Anim. Vi. 18, viii. 13}, called ‎׳‎‎ק‎ as leaping from trees on passers-by; but against this see Houghton^{Acad. Apr. 24, 1886, 292 f.} (arrow-snake does not incubate) Post^{Hast. DB iii. 637} who conjectures an owl (as AV)); — Isa 34:15, token of desolation.

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