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STRONGS NUMBER H6119
Transliteration: aqeb
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-kabe')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: heel, footprint, hind part
Meaning: heel, footprint, hind part
Word Summary
aqeb: heel, footprint, hind part
Original Word: עָקֵבTransliteration: aqeb
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-kabe')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: heel, footprint, hind part
Meaning: heel, footprint, hind part
Strong's Concordance
heel, horsehoof, last, lier in wait Or (feminine) hiqqbah {ik-keb-aw'}; from aqab; a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army) -- heel, (horse-)hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for aqeb), (foot-)step.
see HEBREW aqab
see HEBREW aqeb
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6119. aqeb
I. עָקֵב noun masculine heel, footprint, hinderpart (Arabic heel, figurative end (of a month), mark, sign, trace; Aramaic עִקְבָּא, hell, footprint, figurative trace, mark (compare Wisdom 2:4 ᵑ6 Ecclus 13:26 HCT ᵑ6), also end, extremity); — ׳ע absolute Genesis 3:15 +, construct עֲקֵב 25:26, plural construct עִקָבֵי Song of Solomon 1:8, עִקְּבֵי Genesis 49:17; Judges 5:22, עִקְּבוֺת Psalm 77:20; 89:52, etc.; —
a. heel, of man, Genesis 25:26 אָחִיו בַּעֲקֵב אֹחֶזֶת וְיָדוֺ, as object of attack from behind, 3:15 עָקֵב תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּ וְאַתָּה, Job 18:9 בְּע ׳יאֹחֵז מַּח, Jeremiah 13:22 עֲקֵבָ֑יִךְ נֶחְמְסוּ are treated violently, i.e. are rudely exposed ("" שׁוּלַיִךְ נִגְלוּ); as instrument of attack, Psalm 41:10 עָ עָלַי ׳הִגְדִּיל 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 סוּם עִקְּבֵי הַנּשֵׁח, Judges 5:22
b. mark of heel, footprint, Song of Solomon 1:8 הַצּאֹן בְּעִקְבֵי צְאִילָֿח, Psalm 56:7 עֲקֵבַי יִשְׁמְרוּ they mark my footprints, i.e. watch me insidiously wherever I go 89:52 מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָ עִקְּבוֺת ֵהרְפוּ אֲשֶׁר i.e. followed him mockingly, of ׳י (figurative) 77:20 נוֺדָ֑עוּ לֹא עִקְּבוֺתֶיךָ thy footprints were not known (the waters closing over them).
c hinder-part, rear (of a troop of men), Genesis 49:19 עָקֵב׃ יָגוּב וְהוּא (read אָשֵׁר ׃ עֲקֵבָם) he will troop on their rear, Joshua 8:13 עֲקֵבָם (compare Di).