עַכָּבִישׁ
akavish · spider
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5908 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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akavish (עַכָּבִישׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “spider”.
A spider.
How to say it
a·ka·vish
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A small eight-legged creature that spins webs.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 8:14
whose confidence is cut off, and whose security is a spider’s house.
- Isaiah 59:5
They hatch cobra eggs, and they weave spider webs; whoever eats of their eggs dies, and the crushed egg breaks open into a viper.