spı̄´dẽr ((1) עכּבישׁ , ‛akkābhı̄sh ; compare Arabic ‛ankabût , English Versions of the Bible "spider"; Septuagint ἀράχνη , aráchnē ( Job 8:14; Isaiah 59:5 ); (2) שׂממית , semāmı̄th , "lizard," the King James Version "spider"; Septuagint καλαβώτης , kalabṓtēs (Proverbs 30:28 )): Semāmı̄th of Proverbs 30:28 is probably the gecko, a kind of lizard, as Septuagint and the Revised Version (British and American) have it. See LIZARD . In Job 8:14 the spider's web is an emblem of frailty: "Whose confidence shall break in sunder, and whose trust is a spider's web." Frailty or futility seems to be indicated also in Isaiah 59:5 , Isaiah 59:6 : "They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web:... Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works" "Spider's web" is in Job 8:14 bēth ‛akkābhı̄sh , "spider's house," while in Isaiah 59:5 it is ḳūrē ‛akkābhı̄sh , קוּר , ḳūr , according to BDB , being "thread" or "film."
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