Hebrew word study

עָקַבʻâqab — to seize by the heel

Pronounced “aw-kab'”

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

Translated in the King James as: take by the heel, stay, supplant, utterly.

Appears 5 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119 (עָקֵב),

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