Strong H79אָבַק
to wrestle
- Transliteration
- 'âbaq
- Pronunciation
- aw-bak'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; probably to float away (as {vapor}) but used only as denominative from H80; to {bedust} that {is} grapple: - wrestle.
Detailed definition
(Niphal) to wrestle, grapple (get dusty), bedust
In the Bible
Strong H79 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wrestle2
First verses
- Genesis 32:24And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
- Genesis 32:25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.