The meaning of “עָקֹב”
Understanding ʻâqôb reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
crooked, deceitful, polluted. - (transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked 1) deceitful, sly, insidious 1a) decei...
עָקֹב
crooked, deceitful, polluted. - (transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked 1) deceitful, sly, insidious 1a) deceitful, sly, insidious, slippery 1b) foot-tracked 2) steep, hilly
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Isaiah 40:4 | “Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:” Word: עָקֹב (ʻâqôb) | |
| Jeremiah 17:9 | “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Word: עָקֹב (ʻâqôb) | |
| Hosea 6:8 | “Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.” Word: עָקֹב (ʻâqôb) |
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