Lexicon aqab: to follow at the heel, assail insidiously, circumvent, overreach Original Word: עָקַבPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: aqab Phonetic Spelling: (aw-kab') Short Definition: craftily NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origindenominative verb from aqebDefinitionto follow at the heel, assail insidiously, circumvent, overreach NASB Translationdeals craftily (1), heel (1), restrain (1), supplanted (1), took (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs עָקַב verb follow at the heel, figurative assail insidiously, circumvent, overreach (denominative from עָקֵב; compare Arabic  follow (at the heel), succeed, III. bring consequence on, i.e. punish, Qor 22:59; IV. make to follow, i.e. reward or punish,  end, final lot 6:11 reward 6:136  hold back (rare), follow, Pa`el investigate, search out: Ethiopic  is keep, guard); — Qal Perfect3masculine singular Hosea 12:4 בַּבֶּטֶן עָקַב אֶתאָֿחִיו he attacked his brother at the heel (compare Genesis 25:26 below עָקֵב); Imperfect3masculine singular Genesis 27:36 הֲכִי קָרָא שְׁמוֺ יַעֲקֹב וַיַּעְקְבֵנִי זֶה פַעֲמַיִם and he hath overreached me now twice; + Infinitive abs Jeremiah 9:3 בָּלאָֿח עָקוֺב יַעֲקֹב surely overreacheth ("" רָכִיל יַהֲלֹח). [ᵐ5 πτερνίζω, to attack with the heel; but this dubious In 'supplant,' also, the figurative is a different one.] Pi`el Job 37:4 וְלֹא יְעַקְּבֵם dubious; poss attack at the heel (compare זִנֵּב), hence figurative hold back; more probably read וְלֹא יְעַכְּבֵם holdeth them not back (that is בְּרָקָיו his lightnings), when his voice is heard from עִכֵּב to hold back (common in Late Hebrew; ᵑ7 עַכֵּב).
Strong's take by the heel, stay, supplant, utterly A primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from aqeb, to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel) -- take by the heel, stay, supplant, X utterly. see HEBREW aqeb |
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