Definition

Steep of Scorpions, a place in the Desert

Etymology

from H4608 (מַעֲלֶה) and (the plural of) H6137 (עַקְרָב);

Word family

• מַעֲלֶה maʻăleh
• עַקְרָב ʻaqrâb

How the KJV renders it

• Maaleh-accrabim
• the ascent (going up) of Akrabbim

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.