Quick Definition
wild goat
Strong's Definition
slender, i.e. the ibex
Derivation: probably from H602 (אָנַק);
KJV Usage: wild goat.
TWOT Reference: 155
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אַקּוֹ (aq.qo) — wild goat. wild goat
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Wild Animals
ibex, wild goat, mountain goat = fairly large wild goat, with adults being about ninety centimeters high at the shoulder; for most of the year its color is grayish but it turns browner in winter; males have thick long horns over 130 centimeters in length which curve backwards in a semicircle; the horns of the females are much slimmer and shorter, reaching a length of only about 40 centimeters; only the last few centimeters of the horns are smooth, the rest being ringed with ridges; these animals live in small herds in the mountains and prefer cliffs and crags, where they live off the bushes that grow on the ledges; ► clean animal, that may be eaten
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אַקּוֹ n.m. wild goat (?) only Dt 14:5 in list of clean animals ref
