H6117 עָקַב (aw-kab')

KJV renderings

take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.

Strong's definition

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

Derivation

a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119 (עָקֵב),

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