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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 BoxGen 27:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 - Then he said, H559 “[fn]Is he not rightly named H7121 H8034 Jacob, H3290 for he has supplanted H6117 me these H2088 two H6471 times? H6471 He took H3947 away my birthright, H1062 and behold, H2009 now H6258 he has taken H3947 away my blessing.” H1293 And he said, H559 “Have you not reserved H680 a blessing H1293 for me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:4 - “After H310 it, a voice H6963 roars; H7580
He thunders H7481 with His majestic H1347 voice, H6963
And He does not restrain H6117 [fn]the lightnings when His voice H6963 is heard. H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:4 - “Let everyone H376 be on guard H8104 against H4480 his neighbor, H7453
And do not trust H982 any H3605 brother; H251
Because H3588 every H3605 brother H251 deals H6117 [fn]craftily, H6117
And every H3605 neighbor H7453 goes H1980 about as a slanderer. H7400

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:3 - In the womb H990 he took H6117 his brother H251 by the heel, H6117
And in his maturity H202 he contended H8280 with God. H430
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