Hebrew · Strong's H6117
עָקַב
aqabaw-kab'
to seize by the heel
1890 spelling: ʻâqab
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
Rendered in the KJV as
take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וַֽיַּעְקְבֵ֙נִי֙1
- יַעְקֹ֔ב1
- יְ֝עַקְּבֵ֗ם1
- עָקַ֣ב1
- עָק֣וֹב1
How it is rendered · 5
- and he has supplanted me1
- certainly to cheat1
- he cheats1
- he holds back them1
- he took by [the] heel1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp1bs1
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
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- Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp1bs · 1
- HVpi3ms/Sp3mp · 1
- HVqaa · 1
- HVqi3ms · 1
- HVqp3ms · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 9:4עָק֣וֹבakovverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.here: certainly to cheat
- Jeremiah 9:4יַעְקֹ֔בya'koverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.here: he cheats