Maʻălêh ʻAqrabbîym — H4610

Definition

locative proper noun

Steep of Scorpions, a place in the Desert

1. Maaleh-acrabbim = "ascent of scorpions"
2. a pass on the southern border of Palestine
1. scorpion-pass; ascent of Akrabbim

Usually translated as

Maaleh-accrabim, the ascent, of Akrabbim

Origin

from H4608 and (the plural of) H6137

• Derived from Maʻăleh (H4608)
• Derived from ʻaqrâb (H6137)

Occurrences

Maʻălêh ʻAqrabbîym occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1)

• Joshua 15:3 — And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim (עַקְרַבִּים֙), and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: