Strong’s H6117
עָקַב — ʻâqab
עָקַב (ʻâqab, Strong’s H6117) means: to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel).
to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
- H6117
- /aw-kab'/
- 5× in the Bible
- Transliteration
- ʻâqab
- Pronunciation
- aw-kab'
- Occurrences
- 5
Meaning
- Hebrew
- עָקַב
- Definition
- 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),
- King James Version renders it as
- take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.
Derived from
- עָקֵב ʻâqêbH6119 · a heel · 13×
Words derived from ʻâqab
- יַעֲקֹב YaʻăqôbH3290 · Jaakob · 349×
- עֵקֶב ʻêqebH6118 · a heel · 15×
- עָקֵב ʻâqêbH6119 · a heel · 13×
- עָקֵב ʻâqêbH6120 · a lier in wait · 1×
- עָקֹב ʻâqôbH6121 · fraudulent or tracked · 3×
- עׇקְבָה ʻoqbâhH6122 · trickery · 1×
- עַקּוּב ʻAqqûwbH6126 · Akkub · 8×
Where it appears
The first verses that use ʻâqab (5 times in all).
Sources
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