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עָקֵב

a.qevheelHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine13 occurrences7 books13 verses

Definition

or (feminine) עִקְּבָה; from H6117; a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
Traditional renderings: heel, (horse-) hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for H6120), (foot-) step.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָקֵב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

13 total
  1. Genesis 3:15עָקֵֽב׃ס · 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.”
  2. Genesis 25:26בַּעֲקֵ֣ב · 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.
  3. Genesis 49:17עִקְּבֵי־ · heels
    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.
  4. Genesis 49:19עָקֵֽב׃ס · their heels
    Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
  5. Joshua 8:13עֲקֵב֖וֹ · and the rear guard
    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.
  6. Judges 5:22עִקְּבֵי־ · the hooves
    Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.
  7. Job 18:9בְּעָקֵ֣ב · his heel
    A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
  8. Psalm 41:9עָקֵֽב׃ · [his] heel
    Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
  9. Psalm 56:6עֲקֵבַ֣י · my steps
    They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
  10. Psalm 77:19וְ֝עִקְּבוֹתֶ֗יךָ · but Your footprints
    Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
  11. Psalm 89:51עִקְּב֥וֹת · every step
    …how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
  12. Song of Solomon 1:8בְּעִקְבֵ֣י · the tracks
    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.
  13. Jeremiah 13:22עֲקֵבָֽיִךְ׃ · [and] your body
    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.