Strong's H6117 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: עָקַב (ʻâqab)

Pronunciation: aw-kab'

POS: aw-kab' Morph: v

Exegesis: a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from ,

Definition: a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from עָקֵב,; 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, [idiom] utterly.

KJV Usage: take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. 1) to supplant, circumvent, take by the heel, follow at the heel, assail insidiously, overreach
• 2. 1a) (Qal) to supplant, overreach, attack at the heel
• 3. 1b) (Piel) to hold back

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