Lexicon
עַכָּבִישׁ
ak.ka.vish
H5908
H:N-M Hebrew

spider

2
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

ak.ka.vish denotes the creature whose web is woven and whose house figures as fragile trust.

The two occurrences depict the creature in connection with a woven web and with a house used to portray unreliable trust; the supplied verses do not require separate lexical senses.

Senses in use

  1. Spider in web and house imagery · dominant

    Both occurrences use a common masculine singular absolute noun. In Isaiah 59:5, the APB renders the clause “weave webs of a spider”; in Job 8:14, it renders trust as “the house of the spider,” placing the creature in imagery of weaving and a house.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “spider” in both verses, once with “webs” and once with “house.” These phrases confirm the verse-level imagery rather than isolating every contribution of the Hebrew noun.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture