Hebrew · Strong’s H6117
עָקַב
ʻâqab/aw-kab'/
to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
Derivation:
a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119 (עָקֵב),
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Times used
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Old Testament
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New Testament
Verses
Words derived from it
- H3290יַעֲקֹב YaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- H6118עֵקֶב ʻêqeba heel, i.e. (figuratively) the last of anything (used adverbially, for ever); also result, i.e. compensation; and so (a
- H6119עָקֵב ʻâqêba heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
- H6126עַקּוּב ʻAqqûwbAkkub, the name of five Israelites
- H6121עָקֹב ʻâqôb(transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked
- H6120עָקֵב ʻâqêba lier in wait
- H6122עׇקְבָה ʻoqbâhtrickery
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.