| Akrab'bim. (the ascent of or the going up to) ; Also Maaleh-Acrabbim. (the scorpion pass). A pass between the south end of the Dead Sea and Zin, forming one of the landmarks on the south boundary at once of Judah, Joshua 15:3, and of the Holy Land. Numbers 34:4. Also the boundary of the Amorites. Judges 1:36. As to the name, scorpions abound in the whole of this district. Smith's Bible Dictionary or |