Strong's Lexicon akaph: To go around, to surround, to encompass Original Word: עָקַף NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definition to press, urge NASB Translation urges (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs אָכַף verb press, urge (Mishna id., Aramaic  be urgent, compare  , Arabic  saddle); — Qal Perfect Proverbs 16:26 עָלָיו מִּ֑יהוּ ׳א ("" נֶפֶשׁ עָמֵל עָֽמְלָה לוֺ) i.e. his hunger impels him to work. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance crave A primitive root; apparently meaning to curve (as with a burden); to urge -- crave. Forms and Transliterations אָכַ֖ף אכף ’ā·ḵap̄ ’āḵap̄ aChafLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Proverbs 16:26 HEB: לּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־ אָכַ֖ף עָלָ֣יו פִּֽיהוּ׃ NAS: for him, For his hunger urges him [on]. KJV: for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. INT: works for urges For his hunger |
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