עַכְשׁוּב
ʻakshûwb · H5919 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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spider, viper
Exact meaning unsure; possibly: spider or viper
ExamplesPsalm 140:3 They sharpen their tongues like a snake; The venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חֵמָהwrath, fury 1
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Near synonyms 3 words
- נָחָשׁ nâchâsh · H5175 · snake, serpent
- עַכְשׁוּב (ʻakshûwb, H5919) (“adder,” a specific type of serpent) and נָחָשׁ (“snake, serpent”) both designate snake-like creatures and could substitute in context.
- צֶפַע tsephaʻ · H6848 · cobra
- עַכְשׁוּב (ʻakshûwb, H5919) and צֶפַע both denote venomous snakes, adder-type reptiles.
- שְׁפִיפֹן shᵉphîyphôn · H8207 · viper
- Both refer to venomous serpents; rare synonyms (each occurring once).
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Small Animals001001002003
- עַכְשׁוּב denotes the adder, a venomous snake, used figuratively of deceitful speech, "the poison of asps is under their lips" (Psalm 140:3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5919. akshub עַכְשׁוּב noun masculine usually asp, viper (so ᵑ9 ᵐ5; perhaps conject.…
עַכְשׁוּב noun masculine usually asp, viper (so ᵑ9 ᵐ5; perhaps conject. from sense and || נָחָשׁ), but perhaps = (? corrupt for) עַכָּבִישׁ spider (q. v.; compare ᵑ7on the passage); — ע ׳חֲמַת Psa 140:4 a viper's (? spider's) venom is under their lips (see especially Che and references).
עַל see עֹל עלה see III. עלל.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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