9:5. ‘Scorpions’

Greek #4651 skŏrpiŏs ‘to pierce’, ‘scorpion’.

Hebrew #6137 ‛aqrâb, BDB, p. 785, Ezek. 2:6, ‘of enemies in Babylon’; Deut. 8:15, used collectively ‘of wilderness hardships’; 1 Kings 12:11, 14 = 2 Chron. 10:11, 14, ‘of scourges with points’, ‘stings’.