Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6119
עָקֵב
aqebaw-kabe'
heel
14 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâqêb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6119is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6119
a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
The King James renders it: heel, (horse-) hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for H6120 (עָקֵב)), (foot-) step.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
aqeb is rendered "heel". It stands 14 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Five of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 3:15And 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.”
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
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 3:15עָקֵֽב׃ ס
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a heel2
- heels my2
- heels of2
- and footprints your1
- footprints of1
- heel1
- heels your1
- in footprints of1
- on a heel1
- on heel of1
- rearguard its1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עָקֵב | aqeb | supplanting | Usesnot recorded |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- עָקֵֽב׃ ס2
- עֲקֵבַ֣י2
- עִקְּבֵי־2
- בְּעָקֵ֣ב1
- בַּעֲקֵ֣ב1
- בְּעִקְבֵ֣י1
- וְ֝עִקְּבוֹתֶ֗יךָ1
- עָקֵֽב׃1
- עֲקֵב֖וֹ1
- עִקְּב֥וֹת1
- עֲקֵבָֽיִךְ׃1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmpc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HNcmpc/Sp1bs
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Ncfpc/Sp2ms
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfpc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcmpc/Sp2fs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmpc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
Genesis
four uses
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.”
- עָקֵֽב׃ סʾakevnoun · masculine singulartagged: heel
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.
- בַּעֲקֵ֣בbaakevpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on heel 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.
- עִקְּבֵי־ʾikevei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: heels of
Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
- עָקֵֽב׃ סʾakevnoun · masculine singulartagged: a heel
Joshua
one use
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.
- עֲקֵב֖וֹakevonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: rearguard its
Judges
one use
Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.
- עִקְּבֵי־ʾikevei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: heels of
Job
one use
A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
- בְּעָקֵ֣בbeakevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: on a heel
Psalms
five uses
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
- עָקֵֽב׃ʾakevnoun · masculine singulartagged: a heel
Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
- עֲקֵבַ֣יʾakevainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: heels my
They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
- עֲקֵבַ֣יʾakevainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: heels my
Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
- וְ֝עִקְּבוֹתֶ֗יךָveikevoteichaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and footprints your
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
- עִקְּב֥וֹתikevotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: footprints of
Song of Solomon
one use
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.
- בְּעִקְבֵ֣יbeikveipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in footprints of
Jeremiah
one use
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.
- עֲקֵבָֽיִךְ׃ʾakevayikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: heels your
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.