Strong’s H5908 · Hebrew
עַכָּבִישׁ
ʻakkâbîysh
ak-kaw-beesh'
Definition
a spider (as weaving a network)
Etymology
probably from an unused root in the literal sense of entangling;
Where the KJV renders it
- spider
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