עַקְרָב (ʿaqrāb) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning scorpion. It appears
6 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6137).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1683)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1683)scorpion; scourge, knotted whip
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עַקְרָבnoun, masculine: scorpion
Strong's H6137עַקְרָב: a scorpion; figuratively, a scourge or knotted whip KJV:scorpion.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.