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# עַקְרָב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6137

**scorpion** — used 9 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

scorpion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6137/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עַקְרָב: n.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6137/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.\* f.\] as in NH Syriac Mand. Arabic (Levy gives Talm. \[Aramaic\] as m., but are readings correct?), Nö (privately). scorpion (appar. quadrilit.: NH id.; Assyrian aḳrabu; Ethiopic ዐቅረብ:; Arabic عَقْرَبٌ; עַקְרַבָּא);—abs. עַקְרָב Dt 8:15 (coll.; of wilderness), pl. עַקְרַבִּים Ez 2:6 (fig. of enemies); יִסַּר בָּע׳ 1 K 12:11, 14 = 2 Ch 10:11, 14, i.e. scourges with points, stings.—Vid. also מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: scorpions (5); of scorpions (3); scorpion (1).

## In the verses

[Judges 1:36](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.1.36/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.1.36/#tree)

וּגְבוּל֙ הָאֱמֹרִ֔י מִֽמַּעֲלֵ֖ה עַקְרַבִּ֑ים מֵהַסֶּ֖לַע וָמָֽעְלָה׃פ

*Word for word:* and the.border of the.Amorite\[s\] \[was\].from.\[the\] ascent of.scorpions from (the) Sela and upward upwards

*JPS 1917:* And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward.

[2 Chronicles 10:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.10.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.10.11/#tree)

וְעַתָּ֗ה אָבִי֙ הֶעְמִ֤יס עֲלֵיכֶם֙ עֹ֣ל כָּבֵ֔ד וַאֲנִ֖י אֹסִ֣יף עַֽל־עֻלְּכֶ֑ם אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים וַאֲנִ֖י בָּֽעֲקְרַבִּֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and therefore father my he.loaded on you a.yoke heavy and I I.will.add to yoke your father my he.disciplined you with (the) whips and I with (the) scorpions

*JPS 1917:* And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6137.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6137/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).