ʻâraq — H6207

Definition

verb

to gnaw, i.e. (figuratively) eat (by hyberbole); also (participle) a pain

1. (Qal) to gnaw, chew

Usually translated as

fleeing, sinew

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• pheúgō (G5343)

Occurrences

ʻâraq occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (2)

• Job 30:3 — For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing (הַֽעֹרְקִ֥ים) into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
• Job 30:17 — My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews (וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י) take no rest.