Definition
a primitive root; 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)
Traditional renderings: take by the heel, stay, supplant, × utterly.
Traditional renderings: take by the heel, stay, supplant, × utterly.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
5 total
- Genesis 27:36וַֽיַּעְקְבֵ֙נִי֙ · For he has cheated meSo 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?”
- Job 37:4יְ֝עַקְּבֵ֗ם · restrain [the lightning]Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
- Jeremiah 9:4עָק֣וֹב · deals craftily; יַעְקֹ֔ב“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
- Hosea 12:3עָקַ֣ב · heelIn the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.