akrav · scorpion

What it means

akrav (עַקְרָב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “scorpion”.

Also a whip with knots.

How to say it

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

1. A small creature with a stinging tail; also a very harsh whip.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• scorpions ×5
• scorpion ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Deuteronomy×1
• 1 Kings×2
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Ezekiel×1

• Deuteronomy 8:15

  who led you through the great and fearsome wilderness, with burning serpent and scorpion, and parched ground where there was no water, who brought out for you water from the rock of flint,

• 1 Kings 12:11

  And now, my father loaded on you a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

• 1 Kings 12:14

  and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made heavy your yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

• 2 Chronicles 10:11

  And now, my father loaded on you a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I with scorpions.’”

• 2 Chronicles 10:14

  and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “I will make heavy your yoke, and I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I with scorpions.”

• Ezekiel 2:6

  And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them, and of their words do not be afraid, though thistles and thorns are with you and you sit among scorpions; of their words do not be afraid, and at their faces do not be dismayed, for they are a rebellious house.