Qur'an Gateway | Examine Root: عقب (ʿqb)

Examining Root: عقب (ʿqb)

Definition:
To succeed, take the place of, come after, strike on the heel, come at the heel, follow anyone closely.
aqqaba - to endeavour repeatedly, return, punish, requitt, retrace one's step. aqab - to die, leave offsprings, give in exchange. aqabatun - place hard to ascent. uqbun - success.
ta'aqqaba - to take careful information, shout, follow step by step. aqub - heel, son, grandson, offspring, pivot, axis. uqba - requital, result, reward, end, success.
iqab (pl. aqubat) - punishment after sin, one who puts off or reverses, who looks at the consequence or result of the affair.
mu'aqqibat - who succeed each other, some thing that comes immediately after another thing or succeeds another thing without interruption.

Total Qur’anic Occurrences: 80

Lemmata Based on This Root: 11

Breakdown of Appearances

Verb: 9

Form
I:	0
II:	2
III:	6
IV:	1
V:	0
VI:	0
VII:	0
VIII:	0
VIX:	0
IX:	0
XI:	0
XII:	0

Gender
Masculine:	9
Feminine:	0
Unassigned:	0

Person
1st:	0
2nd:	4
3rd:	5

Number
Singular:	5
Dual:	0
Plural:	4

Noun: 71

Case
Nominative:	38
Accusative:	7
Genitive:	26

Gender
Masculine:	28
Feminine:	40

Number
Singular:	62
Dual:	3
Plural:	5

Formula
Appears in 494 Root-Based Formulae and lies behind 254 Lemma-Based Formulae
Root Formulae	Root-Plus-Particle-Pronoun Formulae	Lemma Formulae
Length 3: 79 Length 4: 75 Length 5: 50	Length 3: 117 Length 4: 102 Length 5: 71	Length 3: 95 Length 4: 89 Length 5: 70

Glosses for this Root
(the) end (x27) in [the] chastising (x16) (is) the final attainment (x4) My penalty? (x3) And the good end (x3) his heels (x3) your heels (x3) look back (x2) you retaliate (x1) has retaliated (x1) (of) penalty (x1) the steep path (x1) the end (x1) adjuster (x1)	(for) the final end (x1) then your turn comes (x1) So He penalized them (x1) then retaliate (x1) he was made to suffer (x1) his descendents (x1) the steep path (is)? (x1) (are) successive (Angels) (x1) our heels (x1) and (the) end (x1) you were afflicted (x1) (the) end of both of them (x1) its consequences (x1)

Verse List

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