Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
mouse
Usage: mouse
Strong's Number
H5909
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
6
Books
3
Strong's H5909 Quick Answer
Strong's H5909 עַכבָּר (`akbar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `akbar (ak-bawr') n-m. 1. a mouse (as nibbling) [probably from the same as H5908 in the secondary sense of attacking] It has 6 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include mouse. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- `akbar (ak-bawr') n-m. 1. a mouse (as nibbling) [probably from the same as H5908 in the secondary sense of attacking]
- Usage
- 6 linked usages
- Books
- 3 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- mouse
Meaning and Definition
`akbar (ak-bawr') n-m. 1. a mouse (as nibbling) [probably from the same as H5908 in the secondary sense of attacking] KJV: mouse. Root(s): H5908
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5909. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H5909 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `akbar, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
mouse
Leviticus 11:29
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How Strong's H5909 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 6 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H5909 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H5909 in the Old Testament
6 indexed usages in Old Testament.
These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
Usage Excerpts
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5909.
These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
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 Bethshemite.
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5909, grouped by book.
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H5909 FAQ
What does akbar (עַכְבָּר) mean?
Akbar (Strong's H5909) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "mouse". `akbar (ak-bawr') n-m. 1. a mouse (as nibbling) [probably from the same as H5908 in the secondary sense of attacking]
How many times is akbar (עַכְבָּר) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's H5909 across 3 books.
Where can I study akbar (עַכְבָּר) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5909 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate akbar (עַכְבָּר)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as mouse. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.