Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5908 |
|---|---|
| Word: | עַכָּבִישׁ |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | probably from an unused root in the literal sense of entangling |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | akkabiysh |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | `akkabiysh (ak-kaw-beesh') n-m. |
| Meaning: | 1. a spider (as weaving a network) |
| KJV Renderings: | spider. |
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עַכָּבִישׁ noun masculine spider ( ᵑ7 עַכּוּבִיתָא, עַכָּבִיתָא; whence Arabic [untranscribed source text 3858] 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 ᵑ0 עָשׁ); compare ׳ קוּרֵי ע Isa 59:5 filaments of a spider.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
