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Lexicon :: Strong's H5909 - ʿaḵbār

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עַכְבָּר
Transliteration
ʿaḵbār
Pronunciation
ak-bawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the same as עַכָּבִישׁ (H5908) in the secondary sense of attacking
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TWOT Reference: 1618

Strong’s Definitions

עַכְבָּר ʻakbâr, ak-bawr'; probably from the same as H5908 in the secondary sense of attacking; a mouse (as nibbling):—mouse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H5909 in the following manner: mouse (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H5909 in the following manner: mouse (6x).

  1. mouse

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַכְבָּר ʻakbâr, ak-bawr'; probably from the same as H5908 in the secondary sense of attacking; a mouse (as nibbling):—mouse.
STRONGS H5909: Abbreviations
† עַכְבָּר noun masculine1 Samuel 6:4 mouse (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic עַכְבְּרָא; Syriac (in Lexicons) bdb074703, bdb074704 (PS22); Arabic bdb074705 plural mares murum Frey (Kam), compare also HomAs 338; Arabic of jerboa RSK 302; see TristrNHB 122 FFP10ff.); — absolute הָע׳ unclean Leviticus 11:29 (H), Isaiah 66:17 (compare RSSem i. 275, 2nd ed. 293); plural construct עַכְבְּרֵי (ה)זָהָב 1 Samuel 6:4, 11, 18; suffix צַלְמֵי עַכְבְּרֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 6:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

11:29

1 Samuel

6:4; 6:4; 6:5; 6:11; 6:18

Isaiah

66:17

H5909

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5909 matches the Hebrew עַכְבָּר (ʿaḵbār),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:29 - “Of the small animals that scurry along the ground, these are unclean for you: the mole rat, the rat, large lizards of all kinds,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:4 - “What sort of guilt offering should we send?” they asked.
And they were told, “Since the plague has struck both you and your five rulers, make five gold tumors and five gold rats, just like those that have ravaged your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - Make these things to show honor to the God of Israel. Perhaps then he will stop afflicting you, your gods, and your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:11 - Then the Ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors were placed on the cart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - The five gold rats represented the five Philistine towns and their surrounding villages, which were controlled by the five rulers. The large rock at Beth-shemesh, where they set the Ark of the LORD, still stands in the field of Joshua as a witness to what happened there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:17 - “Those who ‘consecrate’ and ‘purify’ themselves in a sacred garden with its idol in the center—feasting on pork and rats and other detestable meats—will come to a terrible end,” says the LORD.
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