Strong's H6117

עָקַב

Language:: Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

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

Derivation

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

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, עָקַב is translated as: take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.