Strong’s H6121 · Hebrew

עָקֹב
ʻâqôb
aw-kobe'

Definition

(transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked

Etymology

from H6117 (עָקַב); in the original sense, a knoll (as swelling up); in the denominative sense

Where the KJV renders it

  • crooked
  • deceitful
  • polluted

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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