Strong's Concordance H6117

Original Word: עָקַב

Transliteration: ʻâqab

Phonetic Spelling: aw-kab'

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); take by the heel, stay, supplant, × utterly.

Usages throughout the bible

Genesis 27:36 - And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me ^H6117 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?

Job 37:4 - After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay ^H6117 them when his voice is heard.

Jeremiah 9:4 - Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly ^H6117 supplant, ^H6117 and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

Hosea 12:3 - He took his brother by the heel ^H6117 in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: