1) to supplant, circumvent, take by the heel, follow at the heel, assail insidiously, overreach 1a) (Qal) to supplant, overreach, attack at the heel 1b) (Piel) to hold back
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H6117 — עָקַב
a.qav · to assail · Hebrew/Aramaic
4 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 27:36 · וַֽיַּעְקְבֵ֙נִי֙So 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?”Job 37:4 · יְ֝עַקְּבֵ֗םThen there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.Jeremiah 9:4 · עָק֣וֹב · יַעְקֹ֔ב“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.Hosea 12:3 · עָקַ֣בIn the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.