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Lexicon :: Strong's H6119 - ʿāqēḇ

Aa
עָקֵב
Transliteration
ʿāqēḇ
Pronunciation
aw-kabe'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1676a

Strong’s Definitions

עָקֵב ʻâqêb, aw-kabe'; or (feminine) עִקְּבָה ʻiqqᵉbâh; from H6117; a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army):—heel, (horse-) hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for H6120), (foot-) step.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H6119 in the following manner: heel (6x), footsteps (3x), horsehoofs (1x), at the last (1x), steps (1x), liers in wait (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H6119 in the following manner: heel (6x), footsteps (3x), horsehoofs (1x), at the last (1x), steps (1x), liers in wait (1x).

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

    1. heel

    2. mark of heel, footprint

    3. hinder part, rear

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָקֵב ʻâqêb, aw-kabe'; or (feminine) עִקְּבָה ʻiqqᵉbâh; from H6117; a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army):—heel, (horse-) hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for H6120), (foot-) step.
STRONGS H6119: Abbreviations
† I. עָקֵב noun masculine heel, footprint, hinderpart (Arabic bdb078401 heel, figurative end (of a month), bdb078402 mark, sign, trace; Aramaic עִקְבָּא, bdb078403 hell, footprint, figurative trace, mark (compare Wisdom 2:4 Syriac Version Ecclus 13:26 HCT Syriac Version), also end, extremity); — ע׳ absolute Genesis 3:15 +, construct עֲקֵב Genesis 25:26, plural construct עִקָבֵי Songs 1:8, עִקְּבֵי Genesis 49:17; Judges 5:22, עִקְּבוֺת Psalm 77:20; Psalm 89:52, etc.; —
a. heel, of man, Genesis 25:26 וְיָדוֺ אֹחֶזֶת בַּעֲקֵב אָחִיו, as object of attack from behind, Genesis 3:15 וְאַתָּה תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּ עָקֵב, Job 18:9 פַּח בְּע׳ יאֹחֵז, Jeremiah 13:22 נֶחְמְסוּ עֲקֵבָ֑יִךְ are treated violently, i.e. are rudely exposed (|| נִגְלוּ שׁוּלַיִךְ); as instrument of attack, Psalm 41:10 הִגְדִּיל עָלַי עָ׳ hath made great the heel against me, i.e. given me insidiously a great fall (figurative for taken some cruel advantage of me; compare ὑποσκελίζω); of an animal, Genesis 49:17 הַנּשֵׁח עִקְּבֵי סוּם, Judges 5:22
b. mark of heel, footprint, Songs 1:8 צְאִילָֿח בְּעִקְבֵי הַצּאֹן, Psalm 56:7 יִשְׁמְרוּ עֲקֵבַי they mark my footprints, i.e. watch me insidiously wherever I go Psalm 89:52 [Psalm 89:51] אֲשֶׁר מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָ עִקְּבוֺת חֵֽרְפוּ i.e. followed him mockingly, of י׳ (figurative) Psalm 77:20 עִקְּבוֺתֶיךָ לֹא נוֺדָ֑עוּ thy footprints were not known (the waters closing over them).
c. hinder-part, rear (of a troop of men), Genesis 49:19 וְהוּא יָגוּב עָקֵב׃ (read עֲקֵבָם ׃ אָשֵׁר) he will troop on their rear, Joshua 8:13 עֲקֵבָם (compare Di).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:15; 3:15; 25:26; 25:26; 49:17; 49:17; 49:19

Joshua

8:13

Judges

5:22; 5:22

Job

18:9

Psalms

41:10; 56:7; 77:20; 77:20; 89:51; 89:52

Song of Songs

1:8; 1:8

Jeremiah

13:22

H6119

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6119 matches the Hebrew עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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And I will [fn]make H7896 enemies H342

Of you and the woman H802,

And of your [fn]offspring H2233 and her [fn]Descendant H2233;

He shall [fn]bruise H7779 you on the head H7218,

And you shall bruise H7779 Him on the heel H6119.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - Afterward H310 his brother H251 came H3318 out H3318 with his hand H3027 holding H270 on to Esau’s H6215 heel H6119, so he was named H7121 H8034 [fn]Jacob H3290; and Isaac H3327 was sixty H8346 years H8141 old H1121 when she gave H3205 birth H3205 to them.

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“Dan H1835 shall be a serpent H5175 in the way H1870,

A horned H8207 viper H8207 in the path H734,

That bites H5391 the horse’s H5483 heels H6119,

So that its rider H7392 falls H5307 backward H268.

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“As for Gad H1410, a band H1416 of H1416 raiders H1416 shall attack H1464 him,

But he will attack H1464 at their [fn]heels H6119.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:13 - So they stationed H7760 the people H5971, all H3605 the army H4264 that was on the north H6828 side H6828 of the city H5892, and its rear H6119 guard H6119 on the west H3220 side H3220 of the city H5892, and Joshua H3091 spent H1980 that night H3915 in the midst H8432 of the valley H6010.

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“Then H227 the horses’ H5483 hoofs H6119 beat H1986

From the galloping H1726, the galloping H1726 of his mighty H47 stallions H47.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9 -

“A snare H6341 seizes H270 him by the heel H6119,

And a trap H6782 snaps H2388 shut H2388 on him.

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Even H1571 my [fn]close H7965 friend H376 H7965 in whom H834 I trusted H982,

Who ate H398 my bread H3899,

Has lifted H1431 up H1431 his heel H6119 against H5921 me.

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They [fn]attack H1481, they lurk H6845,

They watch H8104 my [fn]steps H6119,

As they have waited H6960 to take my [fn]life H5315.

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Your way H1870 was in the sea H3220

And Your paths H7635 in the mighty H7227 waters H4325,

And Your footprints H6119 were not known H3045.

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With which H834 Your enemies H340 have taunted H2778, LORD H3068,

With which H834 they have taunted H2778 the footsteps H6119 of Your anointed H4899.

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“If H518 you yourself do not know H3045,

Most beautiful H3303 among women H802,

Go H3318 out H3318 on the trail H6119 of the flock H6629,

And pasture H7462 your young H1429 goats H1429

By the tents H4908 of the shepherds H7462.

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“If H3588 you say H559 in your heart H3824,

‘Why H4069 have these H428 things H428 happened H7122 to me?’

Because of the magnitude H7230 of your wrongdoing H5771

Your skirts H7757 have been removed H1540

And your [fn]heels H6119 have suffered H2554 violence H2554.

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