עָקַב ʻâqab

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.

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

Where it is used

• Genesis 27:36 So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”
• Job 37:4 Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
• Jeremiah 9:4 “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
• Hosea 12:3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.