עָקַב (ʿāqab) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning follow at the heel. It appears
5 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6117).
Also rendered
to assail
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1676)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1676)follow at the heel, assail insidiously, circumvent, overreach; attack at the heel, hold back; seize by the heel, restrain; take by the heel, stay, supplant
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עָקַבverb: follow at the heel, assail insidiously, circumvent, overreach
Pieldoubtful; poss. attack at the heel, hence figuratively hold back
Strong's H6117עָקַב: to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel) KJV:take by the heel, stay, supplant, × utterly.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.