H79: אָבַק
ʼâbaq · pronounced aw-bak' · “to wrestle”
Definition
to bedust, i.e. grapple
KJV translates it as: wrestle.
Word origin: a primitive root, probably to float away (as vapor), but used only as denominative from H80 (אָבָק);
Extended definition
(Niphal) to wrestle, grapple (get dusty), bedust
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H79 is translated
- he wrestled ×1
- he ×1
Bible verses with H79 (ʼâbaq)
ʼâbaq appears in 2 verses.
- Genesis 32:24
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
- Genesis 32:25
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.