עָקַב (a.qav) means “to assail” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: aw-kab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עָקַב · a.qav · to assail
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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a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119 (עָקֵב), to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
KJV glosses: take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| deals craftily | 1 |
| for he has cheated me | 1 |
| heel | 1 |
| restrain the lightning | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and he will not stay | 1 |
| by the heel | 1 |
| for he hath supplanted me | 1 |
| supplant | 1 |
| will utterly | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 4 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
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?”
Read word by wordThen there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
Read word by word“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.3
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.4
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