עָקֵב
a.qev
“heel”
Definition
a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
or (feminine) עִקְּבָה; from H6117 (עָקַב);
- heel, rear, footprint, hinder part, hoof, rear of a troop, footstep 1a) heel 1b) mark of heel, footprint 1c) hinder part, rear
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עָקֵב appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
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.”
He will be a snake by the road,a viper in the paththat bites the horse’s heelsso that its rider tumbles backward.
Gad will be attacked by raiders,but he will attack their heels.
Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.
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