Avaq אָבַק
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| אָבַק | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | avaq |
| Strong's number | H79 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to wrestle |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Avaq (Hebrew אָבַק, Strong's H79) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to wrestle”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
(Niphal) to wrestle, grapple (get dusty), bedust
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | wrestled (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | wrestled (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Avaq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 32:24And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
- Genesis 32:25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).