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עׇקְבָה

oq.vah

cunning

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Strong’s H6122Noun, feminine1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

guile1

In the text

2 Kings 10:19בְעָקְבָּה
Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עָקְבָה n.f. insidiousness, 2 K 10:19

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.