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Strong's #6120 - עָקֵב
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- Strong
1) overreacher, supplanter
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2571) bqo (אהקב AhQB) AC: Restrain CO: Heel AB: ?: The restraining of the heel when taking a step forward. [from: ko]
V) bqo (אהקב AhQB) - Restrain: To hold back. KJV (5): (vf: Paal, Piel) supplant, heel, stay - Strongs: H6117 (עָקַב)
Nm) bqo (אהקב AhQB) - I. Heel:What is restrained when taking a step forward. II. Because:In the sense of being on the heel of something else. KJV (29): heel, footstep, horsehoof, at last, step, liers, because, reward, end, by, for, if - Strongs: H6118 (עֵקֶב), H6119 (עִקְּבָה), H6120 (עָקֵב)
Nf1) ebqo (אהקבה AhQBH) - Subtlety: As appearing to be hidden in the sense of restraint. KJV (1): subtilty - Strongs: H6122 (עָקְבָה)
cm) bfqo (אהקוב AhQWB) - Crooked: From the angle of the ankle. KJV (3): crooked, deceitful, polluted - Strongs: H6121 (עָקֹב)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
עָקֵב constr. עֲקֵב, plur. constr. עִקְבֵי (in some printed copies עִקְּבֵי with Dag. euphon.) m.
(1) the heel
(a) of men, Genesis 3:15; Psalms 56:7; Job 18:9; Jeremiah 13:22; Song of Solomon 1:8.
(b) of horses, the hoof, Genesis 49:17; Judges 5:22.
(2) metaph. the extreme rear of an army, Joshua 8:13; Genesis 49:19.
(3) plur. עִקְּבֹות prints (of the heel or foot), Psalms 77:20, 89:52 (compare Song of Solomon 1:8).
(4) verbal adj. of the root No. 3, a lier in wait, Psalms 49:6.
