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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(snake). A lizard is meant (Lev. 11:30³⁰And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. (Leviticus 11:30)). The common snail, slug, or slime-snake is meant (Psa. 58:8⁸As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. (Psalm 58:8)). Snails abound in the Orient and are not eschewed as a food.

Concise Bible Dictionary:

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Snails

In Leviticus 11:30³⁰And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. (Leviticus 11:30) it is supposed that the word chomet refers to some kind of lizard: the RV has “sand-lizard.” In Psalm 58:8⁸As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. (Psalm 58:8) the word is shablul, of which it says it “melteth.” It was erroneously supposed by the Jews that by the slime which a snail leaves on its trail it gradually wasted away. The passage simply means that when dead the snail seems to melt entirely away: it is used as a symbol of the wicked passing away.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

7642 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

shabluwl

Phonic:

shab-lool’

Meaning:

from the same as 7640; a snail (as if floating in its own slime)

KJV Usage:

snail