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Lexicon :: Strong's H6117 - ʿāqaḇ

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עָקַב
Transliteration
ʿāqaḇ
Pronunciation
aw-kab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1676

Strong’s Definitions

עָקַב ʻâqab, aw-kab'; a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119, to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel):—take by the heel, stay, supplant, × utterly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H6117 in the following manner: supplant (2x), take by the heel (1x), stay, utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H6117 in the following manner: supplant (2x), take by the heel (1x), stay, utterly (1x).

  1. to supplant, circumvent, take by the heel, follow at the heel, assail insidiously, overreach

    1. (Qal) to supplant, overreach, attack at the heel

    2. (Piel) to hold back

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָקַב ʻâqab, aw-kab'; a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119, to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel):—take by the heel, stay, supplant, × utterly.
STRONGS H6117: Abbreviations
† עָקַב verb follow at the heel, figurative assail insidiously, circumvent, overreach (denominative from עָקֵב; compare Arabic bdb078404 follow (at the heel), succeed, III. bring consequence on, i.e. punish, Qor 22:59; IV. make to follow, i.e. reward or punish, bdb078405 end, final lot 6:11 reward 6:136 bdb078406 hold back (rare), follow, Pa. investigate, search out: Ethiopic bdb078407 is keep, guard); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular Hosea 12:4 בַּבֶּטֶן עָקַב אֶתאָֿחִיו he attacked his brother at the heel (compare Genesis 25:26 below עָקֵב); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular Genesis 27:36 הֲכִי קָרָא שְׁמוֺ יַעֲקֹב וַיַּעְקְבֵנִי זֶה פַעֲמַיִם and he hath overreached me now twice; + Infinitive abs Jeremiah 9:3 בָּלאָֿח עָקוֺב יַעֲקֹב surely overreacheth (|| רָכִיל יַהֲלֹח). [Greek Version of the LXX πτερνίζω, to attack with the heel; but this dubious In 'supplant,' also, the figurative is a different one.]
Pi. Job 37:4 וְלֹא יְעַקְּבֵם dubious; poss attack at the heel (compare זִנֵּב), hence figurative hold back; more probably read וְלֹא יְעַכְּבֵם holdeth them not back (that is בְּרָקָיו his lightnings), when his voice is heard from עִכֵּב to hold back (common in Late Hebrew; Targum עַכֵּב).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:26; 27:36

Job

37:4

Jeremiah

9:3

Hosea

12:4

H6117

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6117 matches the Hebrew עָקַב (ʿāqaḇ),
which occurs 5 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 - Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob?[fn] For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:4 - After it his voice roars;
he thunders with his majestic voice,
and he does not restrain the lightnings[fn] when his voice is heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:4 - Let everyone beware of his neighbor,
and put no trust in any brother,
for every brother is a deceiver,
and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:3 - In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
and in his manhood he strove with God.
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