Lexical Definition
Strong's Hebrew H6117
to seize by the heel ; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
KJV usage: take by the heel, stay, supplant, × utterly.
Etymology: a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from 6119 ,
Brown–Driver–Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
. Usage: take by the heel, stay, supplant, × utterly. take by the heel, stay, supplant, × utterly.
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