{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H6117",
  "lemma": "עָקַב",
  "transliteration": "ʻâqab",
  "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": "take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.",
  "occurrences": 5,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H6119",
      "lemma": "עָקֵב",
      "transliteration": "ʻâqêb",
      "meaning": "a heel",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H6119"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "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"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 27:36",
      "text": "He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=36"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 9:3",
      "text": "“Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/9?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Hosea 12:4",
      "text": "In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/12?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 37:4",
      "text": "After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty. He doesn’t hold back anything when his voice is…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/37?v=4"
    }
  ],
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