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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H6117 - Heel

Strong's No.:H6117

Hebrew:עָקַב

Transliteration:ʻâqab

Phonetic:aw-kab'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:take by the {heel} {stay} {supplant} X-(idiom) utterly.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

properly to swell out or up; used only as denominative from {H6119 } to seize by the heel; figuratively to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to supplant, circumvent, take by the heel, follow at the heel, assail insidiously, overreach

a. (Qal) to supplant, overreach, attack at the heel

b. (Piel) to hold back


Bible References:
Heel

Translation
Occurrences:
heel ( 1 )
stay ( 1 )
supplant ( 1 )
supplanted ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.