Strong H5908עַכָּבִישׁ

spider

Transliteration
‛akkâbîysh
Pronunciation
ak-kaw-beesh'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

Probably from an unused root in the literal sense of entangling; a spider (as weaving a network): - spider.

Detailed definition

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

In the Bible

Strong H5908 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • spider2

First verses

  1. Job 8:14
    Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
  2. Isaiah 59:5
    They 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.
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