# H6117 עָקַב

עָקַב (ʻâqab), Strong’s H6117: 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…

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*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](https://besorah.bible/word/H6119) (a heel)

Occurs 5 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/9?v=3) — “Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every…
- [Hosea 12:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/12?v=4) — In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.
- [Job 37:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/37?v=4) — After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty. He doesn’t hold back anything when his voice is…