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Lexicon :: Strong's H6137 - ʿaqrāḇ

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עַקְרָב
Transliteration
ʿaqrāḇ
Pronunciation
ak-rawb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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TWOT Reference: 1683

Strong’s Definitions

עַקְרָב ʻaqrâb, ak-rawb'; of uncertain derivation; a scorpion; figuratively, a scourge or knotted whip:—scorpion.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H6137 in the following manner: scorpion (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H6137 in the following manner: scorpion (6x).

  1. scorpion

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַקְרָב ʻaqrâb, ak-rawb'; of uncertain derivation; a scorpion; figuratively, a scourge or knotted whip:—scorpion.
STRONGS H6137: Abbreviations
† עַקְרָב noun masculine scorpion (apparently quadriliteral; Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian aḳrabu; Ethiopic bdb078511; Arabic bdb078512; Targum עַקְרַבָּא); **< [feminine] as in Late Hebrew, Syriac, Mandaean, Arabic (Levy gives Talmud [Aramaic] as masculine, but are readings correct?), Nöldeke (privately). — absolute עַקְרָב Deuteronomy 8:15 (collective; of wilderness), plural עַקְרַבִּים Ezekiel 2:6 (figurative of enemies); יִסַּר בָּע׳ 1 Kings 12:11, 14 2 Chronicles 10:11, 14, i.e. scourges with points, stings. — See also H4610 מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

8:15

1 Kings

12:11; 12:14

2 Chronicles

10:11; 10:14

Ezekiel

2:6

H6137

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6137 matches the Hebrew עַקְרָב (ʿaqrāḇ),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - And now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - And now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:6 - And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions.[fn] Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
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