Lexicon :: Strong's H86 - 'aḇrēḵ

אַבְרֵךְ
Transliteration
'aḇrēḵ
Pronunciation
ab-rake'
Part of Speech
interjection
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably an Egyptian word meaning kneel
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 14

Strong’s Definitions

אַבְרֵךְ ʼabrêk, ab-rake'; probably an Egyptian word meaning kneel:—bow the knee.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H86 in the following manner: bow the knee (1x).

  1. (meaning dubious) - a shout made to announce Joseph's chariot

    1. command

    2. bow

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַבְרֵךְ ʼabrêk, ab-rake'; probably an Egyptian word meaning kneel:—bow the knee.

STRONGS H86: Abbreviations
אַבְרֵךְ proclaimed before Joseph Genesis 41:43 (meaning dubious; many Egyptian derivatives proposed; e.g. a-bor-k, Coptic = prostrate thyself! SpiegelbRandglossen 14 ff. explained as Egyptian ‘brk = give attention! BenfeyVerh. d. äg. Spr. z. Semitic 302 f; āprek, = head bowed! ChabasRA 1, — but ā = ע see also WiedemannAltäg. Wörter 1883, 8; ap-reχ-u, head of the wise, HarkavyBerl. äg. Zeltschr. 1869; (but Jeremiah 46:15 many MSS. Aq Symm Theod many moderns read אַבִּירֶ֑ךָ thy bull, i.e. Apis). — אַבְרֵךְ : SpiegelbergRandglossen 14ff. explains as Egyptian °brk = give attention! ȧb-rek, rejoice thou! CookSpeaker's Comm. Gn. on the passage and p. 482; Lepage RenoufPSBA.nov.1888, 5 f ȧb(u)-rek, thy command is our desire, i.e. we are at thy service; SayRel. Babylonian 183 Assyrian abrikku = Akkadian abrik, vizier (unpublished tablet), see already DlW; L 134 c., 1. 11. 12 who compare Assyrian abarakku = title, perhaps grand vizier; against Dl, see COT & NöZMG 1886, 734).
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Genesis

41:43

Jeremiah

46:15