אֲבַק, אֲבֵיק (√אב, עב, cmp. אבך, חבק) 1) to entangle, twist, twine. Men. 42ᵃ אביק להו מיבק (perh. אַבֵּיק Pa.) he twined (the show-fringes) with loops. —2) (neut. v.) to be attached to, cling to (idolatry etc.). Snh. 64ᵃ; Ab. Zar. 14ᵇ. Ib. 17ᵃ א׳ בה טובא he was very deeply attached to sensuality.