אָבָקʼâbâq
dust (Ezekiel 26:10; Deuteronomy 28:24; Nahum 1:3; Exodus 9:9; Isaiah 5:24)
Pronunciation: aw-bawk' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H80
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 9:9 The ashes will spread like fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, causing festering boils to break out on people and animals throughout the land.”
- Deuteronomy 28:24 The Lord will change the rain that falls on your land into powder, and dust will pour down from the sky until you are destroyed.
- Isaiah 5:24 Therefore, just as fire licks up stubble and dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will rot and their flowers wither. For they have rejected the law of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies; they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 29:5 “But suddenly, your ruthless enemies will be crushed like the finest of dust. Your many attackers will be driven away like chaff before the wind. Suddenly, in an instant,
- Ezekiel 26:10 The hooves of his horses will choke the city with dust, and the noise of the charioteers and chariot wheels will shake your walls as they storm through your broken gates.
- Nahum 1:3 The Lord is slow to get angry, but his power is great, and he never lets the guilty go unpunished. He displays his power in the whirlwind and the storm. The billowing clouds are the dust beneath his feet.
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).