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עַכְבָּר H5909
H5909 is the Hebrew word עַכְבָּר, transliterated ʻakbâr and said ak-bawr'. The King James Version most often renders it mice.
What it means
a mouse (as nibbling).
Where it comes from
probably from the same as H5908 (עַכָּבִישׁ) in the secondary sense of attacking.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 6 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: mouse.
Verses using עַכְבָּר
All 6 verses, quoted in full.
Leviticus 11:29 · KJV
These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
1 Samuel 6:4 · KJV
Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
1 Samuel 6:5 · KJV
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
1 Samuel 6:11 · KJV
And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
1 Samuel 6:18 · KJV
And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
Isaiah 66:17 · KJV
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5909 mean?
H5909 is the Hebrew word עַכְבָּר (ʻakbâr), meaning a mouse (as nibbling).
How is H5909 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it mice (4 times), mouse (2 times).
How many times does H5909 appear in the Bible?
עַכְבָּר (ʻakbâr) is tagged in 6 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5909 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: probably from the same as H5908 (עַכָּבִישׁ) in the secondary sense of attacking.
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