- Original: עקד - Transliteration: `aqad - Phonetic: aw-kad' - Definition: 1. (Qal) to bind, tie - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1677 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to tie with thongs: - bind. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • bound, 1 Genesis 22:9