Strong's Lexicon

H86

H86 — אַברֵך

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

HebrewabrekinjunctionOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H86
Word:אַברֵך
Part of Speech:injunction
Etymology:probably an Egyptian word meaning kneel
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:abrek
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ab-rake'
Meaning:1. bow the knee
KJV Renderings:Not listed

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB77

אַבְרֵךְ proclaimed before Joseph Gen 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; ¹prek , = head bowed! ChabasRA 1, — but ¹ = ע see also WiedemannAltäg. Wörter 1883, 8; apre χ- u , head of the wise, HarkavyBerl. äg. Zeltschr. 1869; (but Jer 46:15 many MSS . ᵐ5 Aq Symm Theod ᵑ9 many moderns read אַבִּירֶ֑ךָ thy bull, i.e. Apis). — אַבִרֵךְ: SpiegelbergRandglossen 14ff. explains as Egyptian °brk = give attention! åb-rek , rejoice thou! CookSpeaker's Comm. Gn. on the passage and p. 482; Lepage RenoufPSBA.nov.1888, 5 f åb(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 Babylonian 183 Assyrian abrikku = Akkadian abrik , vizier (unpublished tablet), see already DlW; L 134 c., 1. 11. 12 who compare Assyrian abarakku = title, perhaps grand vizier; against Dl , see COT & ZMG 1886, 734).


אַבְרָם, אַבְשַׁי see אֲבִירָם , אֲבִישַׁי below II. אבה.


אַבְשָׁלוֺם, אַבְשָׁלֹם see אֲבִישָׁלוֺם below II. אבה.


Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אברך (av-rehch’)

Genesis 41:43

KJV: And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.Bow…: or, Tender father: Heb. Abrech
EHCC: cried before him, Bow the knee: (marg.
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