H6117: עָקַב
ʻâqab · pronounced aw-kab' · “to assail”
Definition
to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
KJV translates it as: take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.
Word origin: a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119 (עָקֵב),
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) to supplant, overreach, attack at the heel
1b) (Piel) to hold back
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6117 is translated
- me ×1
- them ×1
- certainly to cheat ×1
- he cheats ×1
- he took by the heel ×1
Bible verses with H6117 (ʻâqab)
ʻâqab appears in 4 verses.
- Genesis 27:36
And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
- Job 37:4
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
- Jeremiah 9:4
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
- Hosea 12:3
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: