Lexical Definition

‎עָקֵב‎ ʻâqêb (aw-kabe') heel ^H:N-M
or (feminine) עִקְּבָה ʻiqqᵉbâh (ik-kebaw'); from ‎עָקַב‎

heel, (horse-) hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for ‎עָקֵב‎), (foot-) step.

• a heel (as protuberant)
• hence, a track
• figuratively, the rear (of an army)

1) heel, rear, footprint, hinder part, hoof, rear of a troop, footstep
1a) heel
1b) mark of heel, footprint
1c) hinder part, rear

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

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 Eccl 13:26 HCT ᵑ6), also end, extremity); — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ absolute Gen 3:15 +, construct ‎עֲקֵב‎ Gen 25:26, plural construct ‎עִקָבֵי‎ Song 1:8, ‎עִקְּבֵי‎ Gen 49:17; Judg 5:22, ‎עִקְּבוֺת‎ Ps 77:20*; Ps 89:52*, etc.; —
a. heel, of man, Gen 25:26 ‎וְיָדוֺ אֹחֶזֶת בַּעֲקֵב אָחִיו‎, as object of attack from behind, Gen 3:15 ‎וְאַתָּה תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּ עָקֵב‎, Job 18:9 ‎פַּח‎ ‎׳‎‎יאֹחֵז בְּע‎, Jer 13:22 ‎נֶחְמְסוּ עֲקֵבָ֑יִךְ‎ are treated violently, i.e. are rudely exposed (|| ‎נִגְלוּ שׁוּלַיִךְ‎); as instrument of attack, Ps 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, Gen 49:17 ‎הַנּשֵׁח עִקְּבֵי סוּם‎, Judg 5:22
b. mark of heel, footprint, Song 1:8 ‎צְאִילָֿח בְּעִקְבֵי הַצּאֹן‎, Ps 56:7* ‎יִשְׁמְרוּ עֲקֵבַי‎ they mark my footprints, i.e. watch me insidiously wherever I go Ps 89:52* ‎אֲשֶׁר‎ ‎ֵ˜הרְפוּ עִקְּבוֺת מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָ‎ i.e. followed him mockingly, of ‎׳‎‎י‎ (figurative) Ps 77:20* ‎עִקְּבוֺתֶיךָ לֹא נוֺדָ֑עוּ‎ thy footprints were not known (the waters closing over them). c hinder-part, rear (of a troop of men), Gen 49:19 ‎וְהוּא יָגוּב עָקֵב׃‎ (read ‎עֲקֵבָם ׃ אָשֵׁר‎) he will troop on their rear, Josh 8:13 ‎עֲקֵבָם‎ (compare Di).

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