H6119Noun, masculine14 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Genesis 49:17עִקְּבֵי
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.
- Joshua 8:13עֲקֵבוֹ
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 5:22עִקְּבֵי
Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.
- Job 18:9בְּעָקֵב
A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
- Psalm 41:9עָקֵב
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
- Song of Songs 1:8בְּעִקְבֵי
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.