עָקֹב (ʿāqōb) is a Hebrew adjective meaning steep. It appears 3 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6121).

Also rendered

• fraudulent
• insidious

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1676c)

Root family 1676: עָקַב ʿāqab — take by the heel, supplant. Denominative verb

• יַעֲקֹב yaʿăqōb — Jacob
• עֵקֶב ʿēqeb — consequence
• עָקֵב ʿāqēb — heel
• עָקַב ʿāqab — follow at the heel
• עׇקְבָה ʿoqbâ — insidiousness
• עָקֵב ʿāqēb — overreacher

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