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עָקַב

ʻâqab · aw-kab'Hebrew · H6117

Derivation

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

Meaning

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

In the King James Version

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

Translated as

me (1), stay (1), utterly (1), supplant (1), heel (1)

Where it appears

Found in 4 verses

Genesis
27:36
Job
37:4
Jeremiah
9:4
Hosea
12:3

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