Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects. 2. (n.) The Canadian porcupine. 3. (n.) A species of Medicago (M. intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called. 4. (n.) A form of dredging machine. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia HEDGEHOG hej'-hog Septuagint echinos, "hedgehog," for qippodh, in Isaiah 14:23; Isaiah 34:11; Ze 2:14, and for qippoz, in Isaiah 34:15). See PORCUPINE; BITTERN; OWL; SERPENT.

Multi-Version Concordance Hedgehog (3 Occurrences) Isaiah 14:23 And I will make you a heritage for the hedgehog, and pools of water: and I will go through it with the brush of destruction, says the Lord of armies. (BBE NAS RSV) Isaiah 34:11 And possess her do pelican and hedge-hog, And owl and raven dwell in her, And He hath stretched out over her A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness. (See NAS) Zephaniah 2:14 And crouched in her midst have droves, Every beast of the nation, Both pelican and hedge-hog in her knobs lodge, A voice doth sing at the window, 'Destruction 'is' at the threshold, For the cedar-work is exposed.' (See NAS RSV)