Strong's Number H6117

עָקַב

`aqab · aw-kab'

Transliteration:

`aqab{aw-kab'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

1676

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)

Usage in the KJV:

supplant 1, take by the heel 1, stay 1, utterly 1

Total: 4
Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

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