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H5908 עַכָּבִישׁ (ʻakkâbîysh) ak-kaw-beesh'

Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

spider

Strong's Definition

a spider (as weaving a network)

Derivation: probably from an unused root in the literal sense of entangling;

KJV Usage: spider.

TWOT Reference: 1619

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) spider
1a) spider
1b) web (house of spider)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עַכָּבִישׁ (ak.ka.vish) — spider. 1) spider 1a) spider 1b) web (house of spider)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

Swarming Creatures

spider = eight-legged creature that produces silken strands of web in which they catch their prey, mainly flying insects, such as flies, grasshoppers, and the like; ≈ associated with what is temporary and fragile

JOB 8:14 · ISA 59:5

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עַכָּבִישׁ n.m. spider base

Bible Occurrences (2)

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