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 · וַֽיַּעְקְבֵ֙נִי֙And he saith, ‘Is it because one called his name Jacob that he doth take me by the heel these two times? my birthright he hath taken; and lo, now, he hath taken my blessing;’ he saith also, ‘Hast thou not kept back a blessing for me?’Job 37:4 · יְ֝עַקְּבֵ֗םAfter it roar doth a voice—He thundereth with the voice of His excellency, And He doth not hold them back, When His voice is heard.Jeremiah 9:4 · עָק֣וֹב · יַעְקֹ֔בEach of his friend—beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,Hosea 12:3 · עָקַ֣בIn the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,