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title: עָקֹב — steep · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָקֹב (6121), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: steep. BDB 1906: adj. insidious, deceitful foot-tracked. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָקֹב

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«עָקֹב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **steep** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6121 · **BDB:** עָקֹב

### Glosses

tracked (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

steep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6121/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. insidious, deceitful foot-tracked [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6121/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. insidious, deceitful, Je 17:9 עָקֹב הַלֵּב מִכֹּל. foot-tracked (denom. from i. עָקֵב) Ho 6:8 גִּלְעָד קִרְיַת פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן עֲקֻבָּה מִדָּם.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָקֹב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6121/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.6.8/)

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גִּלְעָ֕ד קִרְיַ֖ת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן עֲקֻבָּ֖ה מִדָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* Gilead \[is\].a.town of.\[those.who\].do (of).wickedness tracked from blood

*JPS 1917:* Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is covered with footprints of blood.

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