ʻâqab — H6117

Definition

verb

to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)

1. to supplant, circumvent, take by the heel, follow at the heel, assail insidiously, overreach
1. (Qal) to supplant, overreach, attack at the heel
2. (Piel) to hold back

Usually translated as

supplant, take by the heel, stay, utterly

Origin

a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119,

• Derived from ʻâqêb (H6119)

Occurrences

ʻâqab occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Job (1), Jeremiah (1), Hosea (1)

• Genesis 27:36 — And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted (וַֽיַּעְקְבֵ֙נִי֙) 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?
• Job 37:4 — After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay (יְ֝עַקְּבֵ֗ם) them when his voice is heard.
• Jeremiah 9:4 — Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant (עָק֣וֹב), and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
• Jeremiah 9:4 — Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant (יַעְקֹ֔ב), and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
• Hosea 12:3 — He took his brother by the heel (עָקַ֣ב) in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: