Word Study · Strong's H6119 · Hebrew
עָקֵב
aqeb
aw-kabe'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻâqêb
“a heel (as protuberant)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
Rendered in the KJV as
heel, (horse-) hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for H6120 (עָקֵב)), (foot-) step.
- 14occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 14 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- עָקֵֽב׃ ס2
- עֲקֵבַ֣י2
- עִקְּבֵי־2
- בְּעָקֵ֣ב1
- בַּעֲקֵ֣ב1
- בְּעִקְבֵ֣י1
- וְ֝עִקְּבוֹתֶ֗יךָ1
- עָקֵֽב׃1
- עֲקֵב֖וֹ1
- עִקְּב֥וֹת1
- עֲקֵבָֽיִךְ׃1
How it is rendered · 11
- [the] heels of2
- a heel2
- heels my2
- [the] footprints of1
- and footprints your1
- heel1
- heels your1
- in [the] footprints of1
- on [the] heel of1
- on a heel1
- rearguard its1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- noun · masculine singular3
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 3
- HNcmpc · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp1bs · 2
- HC/Ncfpc/Sp2ms · 1
- HNcfpc · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp2fs · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HR/Ncmpc · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
All 14, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis4 occurrences
- Genesis 3:15עָקֵֽב׃ סʾakevnoun · masculine singularAnd 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.”here: heel
- Genesis 25:26בַּעֲקֵ֣בbaakevpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: on [the] heel of
- Genesis 49:17עִקְּבֵי־ʾikevei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)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.here: [the] heels of
- Genesis 49:19עָקֵֽב׃ סʾakevnoun · masculine singularGad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.here: a heel
Job1 occurrence
Psalms5 occurrences
- Psalms 41:9עָקֵֽב׃ʾakevnoun · masculine singularEven my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.here: a heel
- Psalms 49:5עֲקֵבַ֣יʾakevainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularWhy should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?here: heels my
- Psalms 56:6עֲקֵבַ֣יʾakevainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThey conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.here: heels my
- Psalms 77:19וְ֝עִקְּבוֹתֶ֗יךָveikevoteichaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYour path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.here: and footprints your
- Psalms 89:51עִקְּב֥וֹתikevotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!here: [the] footprints of
Same headword in Strong's