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Strong's #6137: `aqrab (pronounced ak-rawb')

of uncertain derivation; a scorpion; figuratively, a scourge or knotted whip:--scorpion.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

‛aqrâb

1) scorpion

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: of uncertain derivation



Usage:

This word is used 8 times:

Numbers 34:4: "shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth"
Deuteronomy 8:15: "wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water;"
Judges 1:36: "And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward."
1 Kings 12:11: "hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."
1 Kings 12:14: "you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."
2 Chronicles 10:11: "chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."
2 Chronicles 10:14: "will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."
Ezekiel 2:6: "and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid"









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