עָקֵב aqev

Hebrew word for “heel” · Strong’s H6119 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

1) heel, rear, footprint, hinder part, hoof, rear of a troop, footstep; 1a) heel; 1b) mark of heel, footprint; 1c) hinder part, rear

How it is translated

Glosses given for aqev in context, with how often each is used:

• heel 5
• heels 5
• footprints 3
• rearguard 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 49 (2), Genesis 3 (1), Genesis 25 (1), Joshua 8 (1), Judges 5 (1), Job 18 (1), Psalms 41 (1), Psalms 49 (1), Psalms 56 (1), Psalms 77 (1)

Forms

• עקבי 4
• עקב 3
• בעקב 2
• עקבו 1
• ועקבותיך 1
• עקבות 1
• בעקבי 1
• עקביך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with aqev more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אָחַז achaz “to grasp” 2
• סוּס sus “horse” 2
• עָוֺן avan “iniquity” 2
• יָם yam “sea” 2
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 2
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 2
• יָדַע yada “to know” 2
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 2

Key verses

The verses using aqev that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 3:15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
• Genesis 25:26 — And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare…
• Genesis 49:17 — Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
• Genesis 49:19 — Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
• Judges 5:22 — Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
• Psalms 41:9 — Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
• Psalms 49:5 — Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
• Psalms 56:6 — They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
• Psalms 77:19 — Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
• Psalms 89:51 — Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
• Song of Solomon 1:8 — If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
• Jeremiah 13:22 — And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.