עַכָּבִישׁ Spider
Every verse in which this word stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the places the lexicon carries under this word's own entry, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
The akavish — its house the figure of the godless man's trust in Iyov, its webs the prophets' image of worthless works.
בֵּיצֵי צִפְעוֹנִי בִּקֵּעוּ וְקוּרֵי עַכָּבִישׁ יֶאֱרֹגוּ הָאֹכֵל מִבֵּֽיצֵיהֶם יָמוּת וְהַזּוּרֶה תִּבָּקַע אֶפְעֶֽה
They hatch basilisks’eggs, And weave the spider’s web; He that eateth of their eggs dieth, And that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
אֲשֶׁר־יָקוֹט כִּסְלוֹ וּבֵית עַכָּבִישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ
Whose confidence is gossamer, And whose trust is a spider’s web.
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Quick answers
What is the Hebrew word for spider?
Spider in Hebrew is עכביש, with a gematria of 402 in the standard method.
How many times is the spider mentioned in the Tanakh?
The word stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 59:5.
A spelling is not a word. The bare letters עכביש stand 2 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell a name or another word entirely, and the creature written with a particle attached is a spelling that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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