צָב
ṣāb
lizard
Strong's H6632NounHebrewTWOT 1866a

צָב (ṣāb) is a Hebrew noun meaning lizard. It appears 3 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6632).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1866a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1866a)litter; palanquin, canopy, fixture, lizard, fast; covered, tortoise
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

צָב noun, masculine: litter

Strong's H6632 צָב: a palanquin or canopy (as a fixture); also a species of lizard (probably as clinging fast)
KJV:covered, litter, tortoise.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1866: צבב ṣbb — Root of: צָב litter

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 11:29Numbers 7:3Isaiah 66:20

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