Senses
1. scorpion — An arachnid with a venomous sting, used literally for the desert creature and figuratively for instruments of harsh punishment (whips with barbed tips). Multilingual evidence is uniform: Spanish 'escorpiones,' Hindi 'बिच्छू' (bicchū), Arabic 'عَقَارِب' (ʿaqārib), Korean '전갈' (jeongal), Swahili 'nge' — all denoting the same zoological referent across all six occurrences, with grammatical variation only in prepositions and conjunctions. 6×
AR["بِالعَقارِبِ","بِالـ-عَقَارِبِ","عَقارِبَ","وَعَقْرَبٍ"]·ben["এবং-বিছা","বিছা-দিয়ে","বিছাদের","বিছায়"]·DE["[בעקרבים]","[עקרבים]","mit-der-scorpions","und-scorpion"]·EN["and-scorpion","scorpions","with-the-scorpions"]·FR["[בעקרבים]","avec-le-scorpions","et-scorpion","idole"]·heb["ב-ה-עקרבים","בָּ-עַקְרַבִּים","ו-עקרב","עקרבים"]·HI["और-बिच्छू","बिच्छुओं-से","बिच्छूओं","बिच्छूों-से"]·ID["dan-kalajengking","dengan-kalajengking","kalajengking"]·IT["[בעקרבים]","[עקרבים]","con-il-scorpions","e-scorpion"]·jav["kala-jengking","kaliyan-kalajengking","lan-kalajengking","srana-kalajengking"]·KO["그-전갈들-로","그리고-전갈과","에-전갈로","전갈들"]·PT["com-os-escorpiões","e-escorpião","escorpiões"]·RU["и-скорпиона","скорпионами","скорпионов"]·ES["con-escorpiones","con-los-escorpiones","escorpiones","y-de-escorpión"]·SW["kwa-nge","na-nge","nge"]·TR["akrepleriyle","akreplerle","akreplerlekreplerle","ve-akrebin","ve-el"]·urd["اور-بچھو","بچھوؤں-سے","بچھوؤں-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עַקְרָב n.m.* f.] as in NH Syriac Mand. Arabic (Levy gives Talm. [Aramaic] as m., but are readings correct?), Nö (privately). scorpion (appar. quadrilit.: NH id.; Assyrian aḳrabu; Ethiopic ዐቅረብ:; Arabic عَقْرَبٌ; עַקְרַבָּא);—abs. עַקְרָב Dt 8:15 (coll.; of wilderness), pl. עַקְרַבִּים Ez 2:6 (fig. of enemies); יִסַּר בָּע׳ 1 K 12:11, 14 = 2 Ch 10:11, 14, i.e. scourges with points, stings.—Vid. also מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים.