Strongs Number: H6117
- Hebrew Word
- עָקַב
- Transliteration
- ʻâqab
- Phonetic
- aw-kab'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
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)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to supplant, circumvent, take by the heel, follow at the heel, assail insidiously, overreach
a. (Qal) to supplant, overreach, attack at the heel
b. (Piel) to hold back
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- take by the {heel} {stay} {supplant} X-(idiom) utterly.