STRONGS NUMBER H79


Word Summary
abaq: to wrestle
Original Word: אָבַק
Transliteration: abaq
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-bak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to wrestle
Meaning: to bedust, grapple
Strong's Concordance
wrestle

A primitive root, probably to float away (as vapor), but used only as denominative from 'abaq; to bedust, i.e. Grapple -- wrestle.

see HEBREW 'abaq

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H79. abaq

[אָבַק‎] verb denominative Niph`al wrestle (= get dusty, compare κόνις, κονίω, see also StrPirke Aboth, 1, 4 רַגְלֵיהֶם בַּעֲפַר מִתְאַבֵּק‎ = sit at their feet; others, e.g. Di, compare חבק‎). עִם וַיֵּאָבֵקGenesis 32:25; Infinitive suffix עִם בְּהֵאָֽבְקוֺ32:26.

אבר‎ (compare Assyrian abâru, be firm, strong DlW).