עָקַבʻâqab
follow at the heel, assail insidiously, circumvent, overreach, denominative from עָקֵב
Pronunciation: aw-kab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6117
Meanings
Qal: attacked, at the heel (Hosea 12:4; Genesis 25:26; Genesis 27:36)
Pi`el: attack at the heel, hold back (Job 37:4)
Same root
- עָקֵבʻâqêb · H6119a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
- יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôb · H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- עֵקֶבʻêqeb · H6118a heel, i.e. (figuratively) the last of anything (used adverbially, for ever); also result, i.e. compensation; and so (adverb with preposition or relatively) on account of
- עָקֵבʻâqêb · H6120a lier in wait
- עָקֹבʻâqôb · H6121(transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked
- עׇקְבָהʻoqbâh · H6122trickery
- עַקּוּבʻAqqûwb · H6126Akkub, the name of five Israelites
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 27:36 Esau exclaimed, “No wonder his name is Jacob, for now he has cheated me twice. First he took my rights as the firstborn, and now he has stolen my blessing. Oh, haven’t you saved even one blessing for me?”
- Job 37:4 Then comes the roaring of the thunder— the tremendous voice of his majesty. He does not restrain it when he speaks.
- Jeremiah 9:4 “Beware of your neighbor! Don’t even trust your brother! For brother takes advantage of brother, and friend slanders friend.
- Hosea 12:3 Even in the womb, Jacob struggled with his brother; when he became a man, he even fought with God.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).