Lexical Definition
עָקֹב ʻâqôb (aw-kobe') insidious H:A
from עָקַב; in the original sense, a knoll (as swelling up); in the denominative sense
crooked, deceitful, polluted.
- (transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked
1) deceitful, sly, insidious
1a) deceitful, sly, insidious, slippery
1b) foot-tracked
2) steep, hilly
See Greek: βαθύς · λευκός · σκολιός
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. עָקֹב adjective
1. insidious, deceitful, Jer 17:9 עָקֹב הַלֵּב מִכֹּל.
2. foot-tracked (denominative from I. עָקֵב) Hos 6:8 גִּלְעָד קִרְיַת פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן עֲֹקֻבָּה מִדָּם.
II. עָקֹב adjective steep, hilly (see √; compare difficult mountain path, Qor 90:11
hill); — Isa 40:4 והיה הֶעָקֹב לְמִישׁוֺר let the steep ground (Chronicles) become a plain (|| הָֽרְכָסִים). compare Eccl 6:20.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Ecclesiastes | 6:20 |
| Isaiah | 40:4 |
| Jeremiah | 17:9 |
| Hosea | 6:8 |