H6117 עָקַב
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 5 KJV occurrences
עָקַב
ʻâqab · aw-kab'
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 Renderings
take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119 (עָקֵב),
KJV Verses (5)
- Genesis 27:36And 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 37:4After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
- Jeremiah 9:4Take 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.
- Jeremiah 9:4Take 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: