Know the Word.

Hebrew word

sᵉmâmîyth

sem-aw-meeth'

שְׂמָמִית

What it means

a lizard

a lizard (from the superstition of its noxiousness)

Where it comes from

probably from shâmêm (שָׁמֵם) (in the sense of poisoning)

How the King James translates it

  • spider1

Every place it appears 1

Proverbs30:28
sᵉmâmîyth — Hebrew word meaning “a lizard”