# עָקַב (aqav)

Israeli respelling: a-qav. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6117. 4 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/aqav-h6117

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 27:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/27/36) — And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath…
- [Job 37:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/37/4) — After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
- [Jeremiah 9:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/9/4) — Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will…
- [Hosea 12:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/12/3) — He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: