Strong's Hebrew · H6119
H6119 ʻâqêb
עָקֵב
aw-kabe'
heel
ʻâqêb appears 13 times in Scripture, including Genesis 3:15 and Joshua 8:13. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
In the King James Version
heel, (horse-) hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for H6120 (עָקֵב)), (foot-) step.
Derivation
or (feminine) עִקְּבָה; from H6117 (עָקַב);
Appears 13 times in Scripture
“Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.”
“A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.”
“Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.”
“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.”
“He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.”
“So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.”
“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.””
“They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.”
“Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.”
“Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
