H6117Hebrew

עָקַב

ʻâqab(aw-kab')
5 occurrencesOld TestamentRare Word

Definition

From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)

Strong's Definition

to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)

Translated in KJV as

take by the heelstaysupplant[idiom] utterly.

Etymology

a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119 (עָקֵב),

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