עָקֹב ʻâqôb
Meaning
(transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked
In the King James Version: crooked, deceitful, polluted.
Derivation: from H6117 (עָקַב); in the original sense, a knoll (as swelling up); in the denominative sense
Where it is used
- Isaiah 40:4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
- Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Hosea 6:8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.