Strong H6119עָקֵב

heel

Transliteration: ‛âqêb ‛iqqebâh
Pronunciation: {aw-kabe'} ik-keb-aw'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H6117; a heel (as protuberant); hence a track; figuratively the rear (of an army). (lier in wait is by mistake for H6120.): - {heel} [horse-] {hoof} {last} lier in wait [by mistake for {H6120]} (foot-) step.

Detailed definition

1) heel, rear, footprint, hinder part, hoof, rear of a troop, footstep
1a) heel
1b) mark of heel, footprint
1c) hinder part, rear

In the Bible

Strong H6119 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

heel6
footstep3
horsehoofs1
last1
step1
wait1

First verses

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 bare 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 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.
Song of Songs 1:8
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps 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 made bare.