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

עָקַב vb follow at the heel assail insidiously circumvent overreach Qal attacked at the heel hehis brother Pi attack at the heel hold back . dub.; poss. hence fig. fig. (denom.)