H6117
H6117 — עָקַב
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
`aqab (aw-kab') v.
1. (properly) to swell out or up
2. used only as denominative from H6119, to seize by the heel
3. (figuratively) to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels)
4. also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
[a primitive root]
KJV: take by the heel, stay, supplant, X utterly.
See also: H6119
TWOT
TWOT: 1676
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KJV Renderings
take by the heel, stay, supplant, X utterly.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB6310
עָקַב verb follow at the heel, figurative assail insidiously, circumvent, overreach (denominative from עָקֵב; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 4028] follow (at the heel), succeed, III. bring consequence on , i.e. punish, Qor 22:59; IV. make to follow, i.e. reward or punish, [untranscribed source text 4029] end, final lot 6:11 reward 6:136 [untranscribed source text 4030] hold back (rare), follow, Pa`el investigate, search out: Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 4031] is keep, guard); —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular Hos 12:4
בַּבֶּטֶן עָקַב אֶתאָֿחִיו he attacked his brother at the heel
(compare
Gen 25:26 below עָקֵב); Imperfect 3 masculine singular Gen 27:36
הֲכִי קָרָא שְׁמוֺ יַעֲקֹב וַיַּעְקְבֵנִי
זֶה פַעֲמַיִם and he hath overreached me now twice; + Infinitive
absolute
Jer 9:3
בָּלאָֿח עָקוֺב יַעֲקֹב surely overreacheth (|| רָכִיל יַהֲלֹח
). [
ᵐ5
πτερνίζω, to attack with the heel; but this dubious In 'supplant,' also, the
figurative is a different one.]
Pi`el
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;
ᵑ7
עַכֵּב).