Aqab means “take by the heel” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6117 עָקַב (`aqab) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `aqab (aw-kab') v. 1. (properly) to swell out or up 2. used only as denominative from H6119, to seize by the heel It has 4 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include supplanted and heel. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
`aqab (aw-kab') v. 1. (properly) to swell out or up 2. used only as denominative from H6119, to seize by the heel 3. (figuratively) to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels) 4. also to restrain (as if holding by the heel) [a primitive root] KJV: take by the heel, stay, supplant, X utterly. See also: H6119
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to assail
Usage: 1) to supplant, circumvent, take by the heel, follow at the heel, assail insidiously, overreach 1a) (Qal) to supplant, overreach, attack at the heel 1b) (Piel) to hold back
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `aqab, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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4 indexed usages in Old Testament.
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 taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
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 walk with slanders.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6117.
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 taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
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 walk with slanders.
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6117, grouped by book.
Aqab (Strong's H6117) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "take by the heel". `aqab (aw-kab') v. 1. (properly) to swell out or up 2. used only as denominative from H6119, to seize by the heel
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's H6117 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6117 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as supplanted and heel. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.