Scorpion
skor'-pi-un (aqrabh; compare Arabic aqrab, "scorpion"; ma`aleh
`aqrabbim, "the ascent of Akrabbim"; skorpios. Note that the
Greek and Hebrew may be akin; compare, omitting the vowels,
`krb and skrp): In Dt 8:15, we have, "who led thee through the
great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents
(nachash saraph) and scorpions (`aqrabh...
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-A venomous insect common in the wilderness through which
the
people of Israel journeyed
De 8:15
-Power over, given to the seventy disciples (the best mss.
have
"seventy-two")
Lu 10:19
-Unfit for food
Lu 11:12
-Sting of, located in the tail
Re 9:10
-FIGURATIVE
Of enemies
Eze 2:6
Of cruelty
1Ki 12:11,14
-SYMBOLICAL
Re 9:3,5,10...
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(Heb. 'akrab), a well known venomous insect of hot climates,
shaped much like a lobster. It is usually not more than two or
three inches long, but in tropical climates is sometimes six
inches in length. The wilderness of Sinai is especially
alluded to as being inhabited by scorpions at the time of the
exodus, and to this day these animals are ...
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mentioned along with serpents (Deut. 8:15). Used also
figuratively to denote wicked persons (Ezek. 2:6; Luke
10:19);
also a particular kind of scourge or whip (1 Kings
12:11).
Scorpions were a species of spider. They abounded in
the Jordan
valley....
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'akrab. Of the class Arachnida and order Pulmonaria. Common in
the Sinai wilderness, typifying Satan and his malicious agents
against the Lord's people (Deuteronomy 8:15; Ezekiel 2:6; Luke
10:19). Rolling itself together it might be mistaken for an
egg (Luke 11:12). Found in dry dark places amidst ruins, in
hot climates. Carnivorous, breathing...
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And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but
that they should be tormented five months: and their torment
[was] as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man....
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Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?...
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Scorpion. - Very common in all hot, dry, stony places; is taken as an emblem of the wicked....
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