H6117 עָקַב
ʻâqab — to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
KJV: take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.
Derived from עָקֵב ʻâqêb (a heel)
Occurs 5 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עָקַב vb. follow at the heel, fig. assail insidiously, circumvent, overreach (denom.)
- Qal he attacked his brother at the heel
- Pi. dub.; poss. attack at the heel, hence fig. hold back
Where it occurs
- Genesis 27:36 — He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now…
- Jeremiah 9:3 — “Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every…
- Hosea 12:4 — In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.
- Job 37:4 — After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty. He doesn’t hold back anything when his voice is…