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spı̄´dẽr ((1) עכּביש×, ‛akkaÌ„bhı̄sh; compare Arabic ‛ankabuÌ‚t, English Versions of the Bible “spiderâ€; Septuagint ἀÏαÌχνη, araÌchneÌ„ (; ); (2) שׂממית, semaÌ„mı̄th, “lizard,†the King James Version “spiderâ€; Septuagint καλαβωÌτης, kalaboÌ„ÌteÌ„s ()): SemaÌ„mı̄th of is probably the gecko, a kind of lizard, as Septuagint and the Revised Version (British and American) have it. See LIZARD. In the 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 in , : “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 in beÌ„th ‛akkaÌ„bhı̄sh, “spider's house,†while in it is kÌ£uÌ„reÌ„ ‛akkaÌ„bhı̄sh, קוּר, kÌ£uÌ„r, according to BDB, being “thread†or “film.â€