Quranic root
عنكب
ʿ · n · k · b
The supplied evidence centers on the spider, understood as the web-weaving insect, with related formations naming associated creatures and descriptive compounds.
No independent Maqāyīs or other root-development discussion was supplied; the broader semantic development is therefore stated cautiously from the lexical evidence.
- Lane · entry 5054
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
عَنْكَبُوتٌ
ʿankabūtun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 2 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
The spider; the web-weaving insect.
In the Quranic possessive construction بَيْتُ العَنْكَبُوتِ, the noun refers to the spider whose house or web is mentioned; this is a constructional use of the same noun, not a separate basic noun sense.
- Lane · entry 5054
Selected Quran examples
Quran 29:41word 9
“the spider”
Quran 29:41word 16
“(of) the spider”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 2 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 3 Classical meanings
عَنْكَبٌ
A short person; as an epithet, a term associated with blackness and shortness, and possibly used synonymously with عَنْكَبُوتٌ.
The evidence reports both the sense “short” and an alternative epithet use related to the spider term.
- Lane · entry 5054
عَنْكَبُوتٌ
A worm or maggot engendered in a honeycomb and spoiling the honey.
A distinct Classical Arabic specialization of the same headword, not attested in the supplied Quranic occurrences.
- Lane · entry 5054
مُعَنْكَبُ القَرْنِ
A he-goat whose horn is curved so as to resemble a ring.
A conventional descriptive compound referring to the shape of the horn.
- Lane · entry 5056
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
No Mufradāt or Maqāyīs entry was supplied for this root; Quranic lexical interpretation is consequently limited to the QAC occurrences and directly matching Lane evidence.