Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6137
עַקְרָב
aqrabak-rawb'
scorpion
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻaqrâb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6137is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6137
a scorpion; figuratively, a scourge or knotted whip
The King James renders it: scorpion.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
aqrab is rendered "scorpion". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Kings, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 8:15He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
Deuteronomy 8:15וְעַקְרָ֔ב
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in 1 Kings.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- with the scorpions4
- and scorpion1
- scorpions1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃2
- בָּעֲקְרַבִּֽים׃1
- בָּֽעֲקְרַבִּֽים׃ ס1
- וְעַקְרָ֔ב1
- עַקְרַבִּ֖ים1
The grammar of each form
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural4HRd/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa
Deuteronomy
one use
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
- וְעַקְרָ֔בveakravconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and scorpion
1 Kings
two uses
Whereas 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.’”
- בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃baakrabimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with the scorpions
and 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.”
- בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃baakrabimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with the scorpions
2 Chronicles
two uses
Whereas 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.’”
- בָּֽעֲקְרַבִּֽים׃ סbaakrabimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with the scorpions
and 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.”
- בָּעֲקְרַבִּֽים׃baakrabimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with the scorpions
Ezekiel
one use
But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.
- עַקְרַבִּ֖יםʾakrabimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: scorpions
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.