Aqav עָקַב
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| עָקַב | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | aqav |
| Strong's number | H6117 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to assail |
| Occurrences | 5 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Aqav (Hebrew עָקַב, Strong's H6117) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to assail”. It occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
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
1a) (Qal) to supplant, overreach, attack at the heel
1b) (Piel) to hold back
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | me (1), stay (1), utterly supplant (1), heel (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | he has cheated me (1), restrain (1), deals craftily (1), heel (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Aqav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 27:36And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?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?”
Job
- Job 37:4After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 9:4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
Hosea
- Hosea 12:3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).