רֶגֶל regel
Hebrew word for “foot” · Strong’s H7272 · used 245 times in 230 verses
Meaning
1) foot; 1a) foot, leg;
How it is translated
Glosses given for regel in context, with how often each is used:
- feet 164
- foot 79
- both feet 1
- will be on feet 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 31 | 1.6 | |
| Ezekiel | 22 | 1.2 | |
| Isaiah | 19 | 1.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 17 | 1.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 16 | 1.4 | |
| Proverbs | 15 | 2.2 | |
| Exodus | 14 | 0.8 | |
| Genesis | 13 | 0.6 | |
| Job | 13 | 1.6 | |
| Leviticus | 11 | 0.9 | |
| Joshua | 11 | 1.1 | |
| Judges | 11 | 1.1 |
Also in 17 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 14 (4), Numbers 22 (4), Deuteronomy 28 (4), 1 Samuel 25 (4), Leviticus 11 (3), Deuteronomy 11 (3), Joshua 4 (3), Judges 4 (3), 2 Samuel 15 (3), 2 Samuel 22 (3)
Forms
- רגלי 40
- רגליו 32
- רגל 19
- רגלך 17
- ברגליו 14
- רגליהם 13
- רגלו 12
- רגלים 10
- רגליך 8
- רגליכם 7
Words used with it
Words that share verses with regel more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כַּף kaph “palm” 22
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 28
- עָמַד amad “to stand” 19
- בֹּהֶן bohen “thumb/big toe” 9
- נַעַל naal “sandal” 10
- רָחַץ rachats “to wash” 11
- תְּנוּךְ tenukh “lobe” 7
- תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 14
- מַי mayim “water” 14
- דָּם dam “blood” 12
- עַד ad “till” 17
- יְמָנִי yemani “right” 7
Key verses
The verses using regel that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
- Deuteronomy 32:35 — To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon…
- 1 Samuel 2:9 — He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
- Psalms 22:16 — For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
- Psalms 110:1 — [A Psalm of David.] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
- Isaiah 6:2 — Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
- Isaiah 49:23 — And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the…
- Isaiah 52:7 — How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth…
- Isaiah 60:14 — The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and…
- Isaiah 66:1 — Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
- Jeremiah 13:16 — Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into…
- Nahum 1:3 — The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust…
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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.