To assail
עָקַבStrong’s H6117aqav (a-qav)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aqav is the Hebrew word usually translated “has supplanted me”, “holds back them” and “certainly”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?”
Meaning
- To supplant, circumvent, take by the heel, follow at the heel, assail insidiously, overreach(Qal) to supplant, overreach, attack at the heel · (Piel) to hold back
How it's translated
- and he has supplanted me 1
- he holds back them 1
- certainly 1
- he cheats 1
- he took by heel 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- Job 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Hosea 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Job 37:4After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
- Jeremiah 9:4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
- Hosea 12:3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
Hebrew dictionary
עָקַב aqav · to assail
1) to supplant, circumvent, take by the heel, follow at the heel, assail insidiously, overreach 1a) (Qal) to supplant, overreach, attack at the heel 1b) (Piel) to hold back
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “assail” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ASSA'IL, verb transitive
[Latin assilio, to leap or rush upon, of ad and salio, to leap, to rise.]
- To leap or fall upon by violence; to assault; to attack suddenly, as when one person falls upon another to beat him.
- To invade or attack, in a hostile manner, as an army, or nation.
- To attack with arguments, censure, abuse, or criticism, with a view to injure, bring into disrepute, or overthrow.
- To attack, with a view to overcome, by motives applied to the passions.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.