ʻâqêb — H6119

Definition

masculine noun

a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)

1. heel, rear, footprint, hinder part, hoof, rear of a troop, footstep
1. heel
2. mark of heel, footprint
3. hinder part, rear

Usually translated as

heel, last, lier in wait, hoof, horsehoof, step, footstep

Origin

or (feminine) ʻiqqᵉbâh; from H6117

• Derived from ʻâqab (H6117)

Greek equivalents

• íchnos (G2487)
• poús (G4228)
• ptérna (G4418)

Occurrences

ʻâqêb occurs 13 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Joshua (1), Job (1), Psalms (5), Song of Songs (1), Jeremiah (1)

• 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 (עָקֵֽב).
• Genesis 25:26 — And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel (בַּעֲקֵ֣ב); and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
• Genesis 49:17 — Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels (עִקְּבֵי), so that his rider shall fall backward.
• Genesis 49:19 — Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last (עָקֵֽב).
• 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 (עֲקֵב֖וֹ) on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
• Job 18:9 — The gin shall take him by the heel (בְּעָקֵ֣ב), 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 (עָקֵֽב) against me.
• Psalms 49:5 — Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels (עֲקֵבַ֣י) shall compass me about?
• Psalms 56:6 — They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps (עֲקֵבַ֣י), 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 (וְ֝עִקְּבוֹתֶ֗יךָ) are not known.
• Psalms 89:51 — Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps (עִקְּב֥וֹת) of thine anointed.
• Song of Songs 1:8 — If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps (בְּעִקְבֵ֣י) of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
• Jeremiah 13:22 — And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels (עֲקֵבָֽיִךְ) made bare.