Strong's Hebrew · H6119

עָקֵב

ʻâqêb · aw-kabe'

Definitiona heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
Derivationor (feminine) עִקְּבָה; from H6117 (עָקַב);
KJV usageheel, (horse-) hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for H6120 (עָקֵב)), (foot-) step.
Occurrences14 in the KJV · 14 verses

עָקֵב in Scripture

Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Genesis 25:26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau' s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bore them. Genesis 49:17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. Genesis 49:19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. Joshua 8:13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. Judges 5:22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. Job 18:9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. Psalms 41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. Psalms 49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? Psalms 56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. Psalms 77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. Psalms 89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
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