Hebrew word
ʻâqab
aw-kab'
עָקַב
What it means
to seize by the heel
to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
Where it comes from
a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from ʻâqêb (עָקֵב),