Strong's H6117

עָקַב

Transliteration

ʻâqab

Pronunciation

aw-kab'

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 usage

take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.

Derivation

a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119 (עָקֵב),

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.