עָקַב
ʻâqab · aw-kab'
to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119 (עָקֵב),
to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
- to seize by the heel
- figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels)
- also, to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the house, what is within
To see and know of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָקַב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for he hath supplanted me1 · 20%
- and he will not stay1 · 20%
- will utterly1 · 20%
- supplant1 · 20%
- by the heel1 · 20%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.