Word Study · Strong's H6137 · Hebrew
עַקְרָב
aqrab
ak-rawb'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻaqrâb
“a scorpion”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a scorpion; figuratively, a scourge or knotted whip
Rendered in the KJV as
scorpion.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃2
- בָּעֲקְרַבִּֽים׃1
- בָּֽעֲקְרַבִּֽים׃ ס1
- וְעַקְרָ֔ב1
- עַקְרַבִּ֖ים1
How it is rendered · 3
- with the scorpions4
- and scorpion1
- scorpions1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HRd/Ncmpa · 4
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmpa · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 12:11בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃baakrabimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralWhereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”here: with the scorpions
- 1 Kings 12:14בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃baakrabimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraland spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”here: with the scorpions
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 10:11בָּֽעֲקְרַבִּֽים׃ סbaakrabimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralWhereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”here: with the scorpions
- 2 Chronicles 10:14בָּעֲקְרַבִּֽים׃baakrabimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraland spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”here: with the scorpions