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Lexicon :: Strong's H6117 - ʿāqaḇ

Aa
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.
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 - 에서가 가로되 그의 이름을 야곱이라 함이 합당치 아니하니이까 그가 나를 속임이 이것이 두번째니이다 전에는 나의 장자의 명분을 빼앗고 이제는 내 복을 빼앗았나이다 또 가로되 아버지께서 나를 위하여 빌 복을 남기지 아니하셨나이까
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:4 - 그 후에 음성을 발하시며 위엄의 울리는 음성을 내시고는 그 음성이 들릴 때에 번개 빛을 금치 아니하시느니라
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:4 - 너희는 각기 이웃을 삼가며 아무 형제든지 믿지 말라 형제마다 온전히 속이며 이웃마다 다니며 비방함이니라
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:3 - 야곱은 태에서 그 형의 발뒤꿈치를 잡았고 또 장년에 하나님과 힘을 겨루되
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