the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Strong's #6121 - עָקֹב
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- deceitful, sly, insidious
- deceitful, sly, insidious, slippery
- foot-tracked
- steep, hilly
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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.
1 insidious, deceitful, Jeremiah 17:9 עָקֹב הַלֵּב מִכֹּל.
2 foot-tracked (denominative from I. עָקֵב) Hosea 6:8 גִּלְעָד קִרְיַת מֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן עֲֹקֻבָּה מִדָּם.
II. עָקֹב adjective steep, hilly (see √; compare difficult mountain path, Qor 90:11 hill); — Isaiah 40:4 והיה הֶעָקֹב לְמִישׁוֺר let the steep ground (Chronicles) become a plain ("" הָֽרְכָסִים). compare Sirach 6:20.
עָקֹב m.
(1) a hill, acclivity, i.q. Arab. عَقَبَةُ Eth. ዑቀብ፡ Isaiah 40:4. (A hill is said to be so called from its retarding and keeping back those who go up, but see the remarks on the root No. 1).
(2) adj. fraudulent, deceitful, Jeremiah 17:9.
(3) adj. denom. from עָקֵב No. 3. Hosea 6:8, עֲקֻבָּה מִדָּם “trodden (trampled) in blood,” i.e. full of bloody footprints.