HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5908
עַכָּבִישׁ
ak.ka.vish — spider
1) spider 1a) spider 1b) web (house of spider)
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Spider
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5919
עַכְשׁוּב
akh.shuv — viper
1) asp, viper 1a) asp, viper 1b) perhaps spider
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ἀράχνη
arachnē — of a spider
1. feminine of ἀράχνης, Lat. aranea, [6th/5th c.BC, variant datesAnthology Palantina 2. a spider's web , [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
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The trust of the hypocrite is compared to the spider’s web or house (Job 8:14). It is said of the wicked by Isaiah that they “weave the spider’s web” (59:5), i.e., their works and designs are, like the spider’s web, vain and useless. The Hebrew word here used is ’akkabish, “a swift weaver.” In Prov. 30:28 a different Hebrew word (semamith) is used. It is rendered in the Vulgate by stellio, and in the Revised Version by “lizard.” It may, however, represent the spider, of which there are, it is said, about seven hundred species in Palestine.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.