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עָקַב

From LSJ

Μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον → Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus l. 1225

English (Strong)

a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from עִקְּבֵי, to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel): take by the heel, stay, supplant, X utterly.