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Lexicon :: Strong's H6121 - ʿāqōḇ

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עָקֹב
Transliteration
ʿāqōḇ
Pronunciation
aw-kobe'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1676c

Strong’s Definitions

עָקֹב ʻâqôb, aw-kobe'; from H6117; in the original sense, a knoll (as swelling up); in the denominative sense (transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked:—crooked, deceitful, polluted.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H6121 in the following manner: crooked (1x), deceitful (1x), polluted (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H6121 in the following manner: crooked (1x), deceitful (1x), polluted (1x).
  1. deceitful, sly, insidious

    1. deceitful, sly, insidious, slippery

    2. foot-tracked

  2. steep, hilly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָקֹב ʻâqôb, aw-kobe'; from H6117; in the original sense, a knoll (as swelling up); in the denominative sense (transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked:—crooked, deceitful, polluted.
STRONGS H6121: Abbreviations
† I. עָקֹב adjective
1. insidious, deceitful, Jeremiah 17:9 עָקֹב הַלֵּב מִכֹּל.
2. foot-tracked (denominative from I. עָקֵב) Hosea 6:8 מִדָּם עֲֹקֻבָּה אָוֶן פֹּעֲלֵי קִרְיַת גִּלְעָד.

† II. עָקֹב adjective steep, hilly (see √; compare bdb078408 difficult mountain path, Qor 90:11 bdb078410 hill); — Isaiah 40:4 והיה הֶעָקֹב לְמִישׁוֺר let the steep ground (Chronicles) become a plain (|| הָֽרְכָסִים). compare Ecclus 6:20.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

40:4

Jeremiah

17:9

Hosea

6:8

H6121

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6121 matches the Hebrew עָקֹב (ʿāqōḇ),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:4 - Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:8 - Gilead is a city of evildoers,
tracked with blood.
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