Strong H4610עַקְרַבִּים

Akrabbim

Transliteration: ma‛ălêh ‛aqrabbîym
Pronunciation: mah-al-ay' ak-rab-beem'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H4608 and (the plural of) H6137; Steep of {Scorpions} a place in the Desert: - {Maaleh-accrabim} the ascent (going up) of Akrabbim.

Meaning of the name

Maaleh-acrabbim = "ascent of scorpions"

Detailed definition

Akrabbim, a pass located in the Negev, marked the southern border of the tribe of Judah.

In the biblical story

Akrabbim

A pass marking the southern border of Judah

Akrabbim, a pass located in the Negev, marked the southern border of the tribe of Judah.

In the Bible

Strong H4610 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

akrabbim2
acrabbim1

First verses

Numbers 34:4
And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh–barnea, and shall go on to Hazar–addar, and pass on to Azmon:
Joshua 15:3
And it went out to the south side to Maaleh–acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh–barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
Judges 1:36
And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

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