Strong's Lexicon

H55

H55 — אָבַך

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewabakverbOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H55
Word:אָבַך
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:abak
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:aw-bak'
Meaning:1. probably to coil upward
KJV Renderings:mount up.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB49

[אָבַךְ] verb turn (?) (compare Assyrian Abâku Dlw = הָפַךְ; Thes MV and others compare בוך)

Hithpa`el וַיִּתְאַבְכוּ Isa 9:17 roll, roll up, as volume of smoke (of Israel under figure of thickets of forest) see De & compare הִתִהַפֵּךְ Judg 7:3.


Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אבך (ah-vach’)

Isaiah 9:18

KJV: For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
EHCC: (17) and they shall moxat up (like) the
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