עָקֹב
ʻâqôb · aw-kobe'
(transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6117 (עָקַב); in the original sense, a knoll (as swelling up); in the denominative sense
(transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: crooked, deceitful, polluted.
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 עָקֹב 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the crooked1 · 33%
- is deceitful1 · 33%
- and is polluted1 · 33%
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.