עָקֹב
akov · uneven ground
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6121 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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akov (עָקֹב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “uneven ground”.
Uneven, rough ground; what is crooked. Also deceitful.
How to say it
a·kov
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Uneven ground, going up and down; what is crooked.
- One who lies and betrays; he cannot be trusted.
- Marked with footprints or traces, here of blood.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- Deceitful ×1
- crooked ×1
- tracked ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Isaiah 40:4
Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be made low; and the crooked will become a plain, and the rough places a broad valley.
- Jeremiah 17:9
Deceitful is the heart above all things, and beyond remedy it is; who can know it?
- Hosea 6:8
Gilead is a city of those who work wickedness, tracked with blood.