Scorpion
עַקְרָבStrong’s H6137aqrav (aq-rav)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aqrav is the Hebrew word usually translated “scorpions” and “scorpion”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;”
Meaning
- Scorpion
How it's translated
- with scorpions 4
- and scorpion 1
- scorpions 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Ezekiel 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 12:11And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
- 1 Kings 12:14And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
- 2 Chronicles 10:11For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
- 2 Chronicles 10:14And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
- Ezekiel 2:6And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
Hebrew dictionary
עַקְרָב aqrav · scorpion
scorpion
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “scorpion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SCOR'PION, noun
[Latin scorpio; Gr. probably altered from the Oriental.]
- In zoology, an insect of the genus Scorpio, or rather the genus itself, containing several species, natives of southern or warm climates.
- In Scripture, a painful scourge; a kind of whip armed with points like a scorpion's tail. 1 Kings 12:11
- In astronomy, the eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters, Oct. 23.
- A sea fish. [Latin scorpius.]
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.