spi'-der
(1) `akkabhish; compare Arabic `ankabut, English Versions of the Bible "spider"; Septuagint arachne (Job 8:14;Isa 59:5);
(2) semamith, "lizard," the King James Version "spider"; Septuagint kalabotes (Pr 30:28)): Semamith ofPr 30:28is probably the gecko, a kind of lizard, as Septuagint and the Revised Version (British and American) have it. SeeLIZARD.
InJob 8:14the 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 inIsa 59:5,6: "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 inJob 8:14both `akkabhish, "spider's house," while inIsa 59:5it is qure `akkabhish, qur, according to BDB, being "thread" or "film."
Alfred Ely Day