Hebrew

Spider

עַכָּבִישׁStrong’s H5908

akkavish (ak-ka-vish)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Akkavish is the Hebrew word usually translated “spider”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.”

Job 8:14 KJV

Meaning

Spiderweb (house of spider)

How it's translated

a spider 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Job 1
Isaiah 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

Isaiah 59:5They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

Hebrew dictionary

עַכָּבִישׁ akkavish · spider

1) spider 1a) spider 1b) web (house of spider)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “spider” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SPI'DER, noun

[I know not from what source this word is derived.]

The common name of the insects of the genus Aranea, remarkable for spinning webs for taking their prey and forming a convenient habitation, and for the deposit of their food. The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine!

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.