Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H79
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Strong’s source transliteration
- 'abaq
- Strong’s pronunciation guide
- aw-bak'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H79
- Brief meaning
- To bedust, i.e. grapple
- Source renderings
- wrestle.
- Etymology or derivation in this source
- a primitive root, probably to float away (as vapor), but used only as denominative from 80;
- Full definition from the source
- to bedust, i.e. grapple
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- see H80
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong’s Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier’s 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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00079\ 79 'abaq aw-bak' a primitive root, probably to float away (as vapor), but used only as denominative from 80; to bedust, i.e. grapple:-- wrestle. see HEBREW for 080