אָבַק ʼâbaq
Meaning
to bedust, i.e. grapple
In the King James Version: wrestle.
Derivation: a primitive root, probably to float away (as vapor), but used only as denominative from H80 (אָבָק);
Where it is used
- Genesis 32:24 So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
- Genesis 32:25 When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.