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1 Samuel 6:18
“And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth–shemite.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5909 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a mouse (as nibbling)
- Derivation
- probably from the same as H5908 (עַכָּבִישׁ) in the secondary sense of attacking;
- KJV renderings
- mouse.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- עַכְבְּרֵ֣י — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 11:291 Samuel 6:41 Samuel 6:51 Samuel 6:11Isaiah 66:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עַכְבָּר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.