Original: עָקַב

Transliteration: ʻâqab

Phonetic: aw-kab'

Short Definition: Take by the heel

Original: עקב

Transliteration: ‛âqab

Phonetic: aw-kab'

BDB Definition:

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

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1676

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H3290, H3291, H6118, H6119, H6120, H6121, H6122, H6126