The meaning of “עַכְבָּר”
Understanding ʻakbâr reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
probably from the same as עַכָּבִישׁ in the secondary sense of attacking mouse. - a mouse (as nibbling) 1) mouse
עַכְבָּר
probably from the same as עַכָּבִישׁ in the secondary sense of attacking mouse. - a mouse (as nibbling) 1) mouse
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Leviticus 11:29 | “These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,” Word: עַכְבָּר (ʻakbâr) | |
| 1 Samuel 6:11 | “And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.” Word: עַכְבָּר (ʻakbâr) | |
| Isaiah 66:17 | “They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.” Word: עַכְבָּר (ʻakbâr) |