Aqov עָקֹב
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| עָקֹב | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | aqov |
| Strong's number | H6121 (H6121A, H6121B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | insidious |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (1) |
Aqov (Hebrew עָקֹב, Strong's H6121) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “insidious”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H6121A: insidious
1) deceitful, sly, insidious
1a) deceitful, sly, insidious, slippery
1b) foot-tracked
1a) deceitful, sly, insidious, slippery
1b) foot-tracked
H6121B: steep
steep, hilly
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | crooked (1), deceitful (1), polluted (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | uneven (1), deceitful (1), tracked with footprints (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Aqov, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 40:4Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Hosea
- Hosea 6:8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.
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).