6121. aqob
Berean Strong's Lexicon
aqob: Deceitful, crooked

Original Word: עָקֹב
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: aqob
Pronunciation: ah-KOHB
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-kobe')
Definition: Deceitful, crooked
Meaning: fraudulent, tracked

Word Origin: Derived from the root עָקַב (aqab), meaning "to be crooked" or "to be deceitful."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Greek 1388: δόλιος (dolios) - deceitful

- Strong's Greek 4646: σκολιός (skolios) - crooked, perverse

Usage: The Hebrew word "aqob" is used to describe something that is deceitful or crooked. It often conveys the idea of being morally twisted or not straightforward. In the context of the Bible, it is used to describe the nature of the human heart as being inherently deceitful and not to be trusted without divine guidance.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the heart was considered the center of thought, emotion, and will. Describing the heart as "aqob" reflects a deep understanding of human nature's propensity towards sin and moral failure. This concept is consistent with the broader biblical narrative that emphasizes the need for divine intervention and transformation of the heart.

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. עָקֹב adjective

1 insidious, deceitful, Jeremiah 17:9 עָקֹב הַלֵּב מִכֹּל.

2 foot-tracked (denominative from I. עָקֵב) Hosea 6:8 גִּלְעָד קִרְיַת מֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן עֲֹקֻבָּה מִדָּם.

II. עָקֹב adjective steep, hilly (see √; compare difficult mountain path, Qor 90:11 hill); — Isaiah 40:4 והיה הֶעָקֹב לְמִישׁוֺר let the steep ground (Chronicles) become a plain ("" הָֽרְכָסִים). compare Ecclus 6:20.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
crooked, deceitful, polluted

From aqab; in the original sense, a knoll (as swelling up); in the denominative sense (transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked -- crooked, deceitful, polluted.

see HEBREW aqab

Forms and Transliterations
הֶֽעָקֹב֙ העקב עֲקֻבָּ֖ה עָקֹ֥ב עקב עקבה ‘ā·qōḇ ‘ă·qub·bāh ‘āqōḇ ‘ăqubbāh aKo akubBah he‘āqōḇ he·‘ā·qōḇ heaKo
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Isaiah 40:4
HEB: יִשְׁפָּ֑לוּ וְהָיָ֤ה הֶֽעָקֹב֙ לְמִישׁ֔וֹר וְהָרְכָסִ֖ים
NAS: be made low; And let the rough ground become
KJV: shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight,
INT: be made become the rough A plain and the rugged

Jeremiah 17:9
HEB: עָקֹ֥ב הַלֵּ֛ב מִכֹּ֖ל
NAS: The heart is more deceitful than all
KJV: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked:
INT: deceitful the heart all

Hosea 6:8
HEB: פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן עֲקֻבָּ֖ה מִדָּֽם׃
NAS: of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody
KJV: iniquity, [and is] polluted with blood.
INT: work of wrongdoers Tracked bloody

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6121
3 Occurrences


‘ā·qōḇ — 1 Occ.
‘ă·qub·bāh — 1 Occ.
he·‘ā·qōḇ — 1 Occ.
















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