עָקֹדʻâqôd
striped, streaked, of Jacob's goats and sheep (Genesis 30:40; Genesis 31:8; Genesis 30:35; Genesis 30:39; Genesis 31:10)
Pronunciation: aw-kode' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6124
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 30:35 But that very day Laban went out and removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, all the female goats that were speckled and spotted or had white patches, and all the black sheep. He placed them in the care of his own sons,
- Genesis 30:39 And when they mated in front of the white-streaked branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
- Genesis 30:40 Jacob separated those lambs from Laban’s flock. And at mating time he turned the flock to face Laban’s animals that were streaked or black. This is how he built his own flock instead of increasing Laban’s.
- Genesis 31:8 For if he said, ‘The speckled animals will be your wages,’ the whole flock began to produce speckled young. And when he changed his mind and said, ‘The striped animals will be your wages,’ then the whole flock produced striped young.
- Genesis 31:10 “One time during the mating season, I had a dream and saw that the male goats mating with the females were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
- Genesis 31:12 “The angel said, ‘Look up, and you will see that only the streaked, speckled, and spotted males are mating with the females of your flock. For I have seen how Laban has treated you.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).