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079 אָבַק‎ ‘abaq aw-bak’ a primitive root, probably to float away (as vapour), but used only as denominative from 080 which is said to mean dust; v; [BDB-7b] {See TWOT on 12} AV-wrestled 2; 2

1) (Niphal) to wrestle, grapple (get dusty), bedust
  • Strongs tells us that as a, "A primitive root, probably to float away (as vapor), but used only as denominative from 'abaq; to bedust, i.e. Grapple -- wrestle." See Genesis 32:24-25