HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4610
עַקְרַבִּים
ma.a.leh aq.rab.bim — Akrabbim
§ Maaleh-acrabbim = "ascent of scorpions" a pass on the southern border of Palestine scorpion-pass; ascent of Akrabbim
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Scorpions
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Mentioned along with serpents (Deut. 8:15). Used also figuratively to denote wicked persons (Ezek. 2:6; Luke 10:19); also a particular kind of scourge or whip (1 Kings 12:11). Scorpions were a species of spider. They abounded in the Jordan valley.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.