Peacock
תֻּכִּיִּיםStrong’s H8500tukki (tuk-ki)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tukki is the Hebrew word usually translated “apes”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.”
Meaning
- Peacock, baboon, apepeacock · (TWOT) baboon, ape
How it's translated
- and apes 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
תֻּכִּיִּים tukki · peacock
1) peacock, baboon, ape 1a) peacock 1b) (TWOT) baboon, ape
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “peacock” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PE'ACOCK, noun
[Latin pavo.]
A large and beautiful fowl of the genus Pavo, properly the male of the species, but in usage the name is applied to the species in general. The feathers of this fowl's tail are very long, and variegated with rich and elegant colors. The peacock is a native of India.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.