Strong's H6117 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: עָקַב (ʻâqab)

Pronunciation: aw-kab'

Morphology: v

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

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

Senses

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

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