עַכְבָּר
ʻakbâr · ak-bawr'
a mouse (as nibbling)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from the same as H5908 (עַכָּבִישׁ) in the secondary sense of attacking;
a mouse (as nibbling)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: mouse.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the open hand that covers › the house, what is within › the head, the highest
To see and know of the open hand that covers of the house, what is within of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַכְבָּר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the mouse2 · 33%
- mice2 · 33%
- of your mice1 · 17%
- with the mice1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.