Strong's Hebrew · H6120

H6120 ʻâqêb

עָקֵב

aw-kabe'

supplanting

ʻâqêb appears once in Scripture, in Psalms 49:5. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a lier in wait

In the King James Version

heel (by mistake for H6119 (עָקֵב)).

Derivation

from H6117 (עָקַב) in its denominative sense;

Appears 1 time in Scripture

Psalms 49:5

“Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?”

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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).

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