Dictionaries :: Akrabbim

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Akrabbim:

scorpions, probably the general name given to the ridge containing the pass between the south of the Dead Sea and Zin, es-Sufah, by which there is an ascent to the level of the land of Palestine. Scorpions are said to abound in this whole district, and hence the name (Num 34:4). It is called "Maaleh-acrabbim" in Jos 15:3, and "the ascent of Akrabbim" in Num 34:4.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Akrabbim:

scorpions

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Akrabbim:

ak-rab'-im (once in the King James Version, Acrabbim (Jos 15:3); ‘aqrabbim, "scorpions"): Three times found (Nu 34:4; Jos 15:3; Jud 1:36), and always with ma‘aleh, "ascent" or "pass"; and so "Ascent of the Scorpions," an ascent at the Southwest point of the Dead Sea and a part of the boundary line between Judah and Edom. At this pass Judas Maccabeus won a victory over the Edomites (1 Macc 5:3), called in the King James Version, Arabattine.

Nave's Topical Bible

Akrabbim: A Chain of Hills in the South of Palestine

Num 34:4; Jos 15:3; Jdg 1:36

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Akrabbim:

(the ascent of, or the going up to); also MAALEHACRABBIM (the scorpion pass) a pass between the south end of the Dead Sea and Zin, forming one of the landmarks on the south boundary at once of Judah (Joshua 15:3) and of the Holy Land (Numbers 34:4). SEE [MAALEHACRABBIM]. Also the boundary of the Amorites (Judges 1:36). As to the name, scorpions abound in the whole of this district.