עָקֵב
ʿāqēb
heel
Strong's H6119NounHebrewTWOT 1676a

עָקֵב (ʿāqēb) is a Hebrew noun meaning heel. It appears 13 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6119).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1676a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1676a)heel, footprint, hinder-part; track, rear; hoof, last, lier in wait, step
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָקֵב noun, masculine: heel, footprint, hinder-part

Strong's H6119 עָקֵב: a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
KJV:heel, (horse-) hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for H6120), (foot-) step.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1676: עָקַב ʿāqab — follow at the heel, assail insidiously, circumvent, overreach; attack at the heel, hold back; seize by the heel, restrain; take by the heel, stay, supplant

See it in Scripture

Genesis 3:15Joshua 8:13Judges 5:22

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