Lexical Definition

‎עַקְרָב‎ ʻaqrâb (ak-rawb') scorpion ^H:N-M
of uncertain derivation

scorpion.

• a scorpion
• figuratively, a scourge or knotted whip

1) scorpion

See Greek: σκορπίος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עַקְרָב‎ noun masculine scorpion (apparently quadriliteral; Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian a‡rabu; Ethiopic ; Arabic ; ᵑ7 ‎עַקְרַבָּא‎); **< [feminine] as in Late Hebrew, Syriac, Mandaean, Arabic (Levy gives Talmud [Aramaic] as masculine, but are readings correct?), Nöldeke (privately). — absolute ‎עַקְרָב‎ Deut 8:15 (collective; of wilderness), plural ‎עַקְרַבִּים‎ Ezek 2:6 (figurative of enemies); ‎׳‎‎יִסַּר בָּע‎ 1Kgs 12:11; 1Kgs 12:14 = 2Chr 10:11; 2Chr 10:14, i.e. scourges with points, stings. — See also ‎מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים‎.

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