H6117Hebrewʿāqôḇ

עָקַב

take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.

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Total Occurrences
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Books
5
Old Testament
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New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1to supplant, circumvent, take by the heel, follow at the heel, assail insidiously, overreach
  • 2(qal) to supplant, overreach, attack at the heel
  • 3(piel) to hold back

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119 (עָקֵב),

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʻâqab; Pronunciation: aw-kab'