H6124 עָקֹד (ʻâqôd) aw-kode'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

striped

Strong's Definition

striped (with bands)

Derivation: from H6123 (עָקַד);

KJV Usage: ring straked.

TWOT Reference: 1678a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) streaked, striped

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָקֹד (a.qod) — striped. streaked, striped

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עָקֹד (H6124)

adj · עקד

Color

streaked, striped = state in which something has long, thin marks of a different color from its surroundings

GEN 30:35 · GEN 30:39 · GEN 30:40 · GEN 31:8 · GEN 31:8 · GEN 31:10 · GEN 31:12

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָקֹד adj. striped, streaked base

Bible Occurrences (6)

30:35 30:39 30:40 31:8 31:10 31:12

Genesis 30:35

That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat— every one that had any white on it— and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.

Genesis 30:39

they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young [that were] streaked or speckled or spotted.

Genesis 30:40

Jacob set apart the young, but made the [rest] face... the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.

Genesis 31:8

If... he said, The speckled will be your wages, then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If... he said, The streaked will be your wages, then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.

Genesis 31:10

When the flocks were breeding, I saw...... in a dream... that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.

Genesis 31:12

Look up......, he said, and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.