H5909 עַכְבָּר (ʻakbâr) ak-bawr'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

mouse

Strong's Definition

a mouse (as nibbling)

Derivation: probably from the same as H5908 (עַכָּבִישׁ) in the secondary sense of attacking;

KJV Usage: mouse.

TWOT Reference: 1618

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) mouse

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עַכְבָּר (akh.bar) — mouse. mouse

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עַכְבָּר (H5909)

noun m

Small Animals

mouse, rat = generic term covering all small rodents, such as mice, rats, etc.; ► unclean animal and therefore not to be eaten; can become a pest when found in great number; ≈ possibly associated with bubonic plague

LEV 11:29 · 1SA 6:4 · 1SA 6:5 · 1SA 6:11 · 1SA 6:18 · ISA 66:17

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עַכְבָר n.m. mouse base

Bible Occurrences (6)

11:29

6:4 6:5 6:11 6:18

66:17

Leviticus 11:29

The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,

1 Samuel 6:4

What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. Five gold tumors and five gold rats, they said, [according to] the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague [has struck] both you and your rulers.

1 Samuel 6:5

Make images of your tumors... and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.

1 Samuel 6:11

Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.

1 Samuel 6:18

The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number... of Philistine cities [belonging] to the five rulers — the fortified cities and their outlying... villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD [stands] to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.

Isaiah 66:17

Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves — to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats — will perish together, declares the LORD.