Lexicon :: Strong's H5908 - ʿakāḇîš

עַכָּבִישׁ
Transliteration
ʿakāḇîš
Pronunciation
ak-kaw-beesh'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from an unused root in the literal sense of entangling
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1619

Strong’s Definitions

עַכָּבִישׁ ʻakkâbîysh, ak-kaw-beesh'; probably from an unused root in the literal sense of entangling; a spider (as weaving a network):—spider.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H5908 in the following manner: spider (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H5908 in the following manner: spider (2x).

  1. spider

    1. spider

    2. web (house of spider)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַכָּבִישׁ ʻakkâbîysh, ak-kaw-beesh'; probably from an unused root in the literal sense of entangling; a spider (as weaving a network):—spider.
STRONGS H5908: Abbreviations
† עַכָּבִישׁ noun masculine spider ( עַכּוּבִיתָא, עַכָּבִיתָא; whence Arabic as loan-word; Late Hebrew עַכְשׁוּב probably tarantula, according to LevyNHWB iii.648); — בֵּית ע׳ Job 8:14 i.e. web, so probably Job 27:18 (reading ע׳ for MT עָשׁ); compare קוּרֵי ע׳ Isaiah 59:5 filaments of a spider.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

8:14; 27:18

Isaiah

59:5