Bible Location
Meaning: scorpions · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
Akrabbim, also called the ascent of Akrabbim, was the scorpion pass on the southern frontier near the Dead Sea and Zin. It is important because it helped define the southern boundary of the land and marked a difficult ascent from the Arabah. First appears in Num 34:4.1
AI summary: Akrabbim matters because border points in harsh terrain often shaped real movement as much as abstract maps. Numbers, Joshua, and Judges use the ascent to define the southern edge of the land and the rise from the desert floor toward the settled country. The very name suggests difficulty and danger. The cross references present Akrabbim as a steep southern boundary pass where geography, hardship, and territorial definition come together.1
Scorpions, probably the general name given to the ridge containing the pass between the south of the Dead Sea and Zin, es-Sufah, by which there is an ascent to the level of the land of Palestine. Scorpions are said to abound in this whole district, and hence the name (Num. 34:4). It is called “Maaleh-acrabbim” in Josh. 15:3, and “the ascent of Akrabbim” in Num. 34:4. 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.