ʼâbak — H55

Definition

verb

probably to coil upward

1. to roll, turn
1. (Hithpael) to roll, roll up, billow

Usually translated as

mount up

Origin

a primitive root

Occurrences

ʼâbak occurs 1 time in the King James.

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

• Isaiah 9:18 — For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up (וַיִּֽתְאַבְּכ֖וּ) like the lifting up of smoke.