אָבַקʼâbaq

Niph`al: wrestle (Genesis 32:25; Genesis 32:26)

Pronunciation: aw-bak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H79

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 32:24 This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and a man came and wrestled with him until the dawn began to break.
  • Genesis 32:25 When the man saw that he would not win the match, he touched Jacob’s hip and wrenched it out of its socket.

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).