Aqev עָקֵב
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| עָקֵב | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | aqev |
| Strong's number | H6119 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | heel |
| Occurrences | 14 in 14 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (5) |
Aqev (Hebrew עָקֵב, Strong's H6119) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “heel”. It occurs 14 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) heel, rear, footprint, hinder part, hoof, rear of a troop, footstep
1a) heel
1b) mark of heel, footprint
1c) hinder part, rear
1a) heel
1b) mark of heel, footprint
1c) hinder part, rear
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | heel (4), footsteps (3), heels (2), last (1), wait (1), horsehoofs (1), steps (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | his heel (2), heel (2), heels (1), their heels (1), rear guard (1), hooves (1), my steps (1), your footprints (1), every step (1), tracks (1), your body (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Aqev, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 3:15And 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.And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Genesis 25:26And 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 them.After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
- Genesis 49:17Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
- Genesis 49:19Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
Joshua
- Joshua 8:13And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.
Judges
- Judges 5:22Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.
Job
- Job 18:9The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
Psalms
- Psalm 41:9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
- Psalm 49:5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
- Psalm 56:6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
- Psalm 77:19Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
- Psalm 89:51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 1:8If 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.If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 13:22And 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.And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).