Strong's Hebrew · H6117
H6117 ʻâqab
עָקַב
aw-kab'
to assail
ʻâqab appears 5 times in Scripture, in Genesis, Job, Jeremiah and Hosea. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
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, × utterly.
Derivation
a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119 (עָקֵב),
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.”
“Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.”
“So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?””
““Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
