עָקֵב ʻâqêb

Meaning

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);

Where it is used

• Genesis 3:15 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.”
• Genesis 25:26 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.
• Genesis 49:17 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.
• Genesis 49:19 Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
• Joshua 8:13 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.
• Judges 5:22 Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.
• Job 18:9 A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
• Psalms 41:9 Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
• Psalms 49:5 Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
• Psalms 56:6 They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
• Psalms 77:19 Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
• Psalms 89:51 how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
• Song of Solomon 1:8 If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
• Jeremiah 13:22 And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.