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Strong H61212 sensesעָקֹב

insidious · steep

Transliteration
‛âqôb
Pronunciation
aw-kobe'

The 2 senses of Strong H6121

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H6121 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. insidiousH6121Adeceitful, sly, insidious2 verses · Jeremiah, Hosea
  2. steepH6121Bsteep, hilly1 verse · Isaiah

General definition

From H6117; in the original {sense} a knoll (as swelling up); in the denominative sense (transitively) fraudulent or (intransitively) tracked: - {crooked} {deceitful} polluted.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • crooked1
  • deceitful1
  • polluted1

First verses

  1. 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:
  2. Jeremiah 17:9
    The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
  3. Hosea 6:8
    Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.