Quick Definition
to assail
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),
KJV Usage: take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.
TWOT Reference: 1676
Outline of Biblical 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
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָקַב
‛âqab
BDB Definition:
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
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1676
Total KJV Occurrences: 4