עַכְבָּרʻakbâr

Same root

• עַכָּבִישׁʻakkâbîysh · H5908a spider (as weaving a network)
• עַכְבּוֹרʻAkbôwr · H5907Akbor, the name of an Idumaean and of two Israelites

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

• Leviticus 11:29 “Of the small animals that scurry along the ground, these are unclean for you: the mole rat, the rat, large lizards of all kinds,
• 1 Samuel 6:4 “What sort of guilt offering should we send?” they asked. And they were told, “Since the plague has struck both you and your five rulers, make five gold tumors and five gold rats, just like those that have ravaged your land.
• 1 Samuel 6:5 Make these things to show honor to the God of Israel. Perhaps then he will stop afflicting you, your gods, and your land.
• 1 Samuel 6:11 Then the Ark of the Lord and the chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors were placed on the cart.
• 1 Samuel 6:18 The five gold rats represented the five Philistine towns and their surrounding villages, which were controlled by the five rulers. The large rock at Beth-shemesh, where they set the Ark of the Lord, still stands in the field of Joshua as a witness to what happened there.
• Isaiah 66:17 “Those who ‘consecrate’ and ‘purify’ themselves in a sacred garden with its idol in the center—feasting on pork and rats and other detestable meats—will come to a terrible end,” says the Lord.