Genesis 49:17
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
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Heels
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Jeremiah 13:22
And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
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עָקֵב
ʻâqêb · aw-kabe'
2 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
Strong's KJV usage: heel, (horse-) hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for 6120), (foot-) step.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 49:17Strong's last: Jeremiah 13:22
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ʻâqêb · aw-kabe'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a lier in wait
Strong's KJV usage: heel (by mistake for 6119).
Strong's first: Psalms 49:5Strong's last: Psalms 49:5
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sheresh · sheh'-resh
1 times translated as this KJV form33 total Strong's occurrences
a root (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: bottom, deep, heel, root.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 13:27Strong's last: Job 13:27
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H6119
And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
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heel
HEEL, noun [Latin calx; Gr. a tumor.]
1. The hind part of the foot, particularly of man; but it is applied also to the corresponding part of the feet of quadrupeds.
2. The whole foot.
The stag recalls his strength, his speed,
His winged heels--
3. The hind part of a shoe, either for man or beast.
4. The part of a stocking intended for the heel
To be out at the heels, is to have on stockings that are worn out.
5. Something shaped like the human heel; a protuberance or knob.
6. The latter part; as, a bill was introduced into the legislature at the heel of the session.
7. A spur.
This horse understands the heel well.
8. The after end of a ship's keel; the lower end of the stern-post to which it is connected; also, the lower end of a mast.
To be at the heels, to pursue closely; to follow hard; also, to attend closely.
Hungry want is at my heels.
To show the heels, to flee; to run from.
To take to the heels, to flee; to betake to flight.
To lay by the heels, to fetter; to shackle; to confine.
To have the heels of, to outrun.
Neck and heels, the whole length of the body.
HEEL, verb intransitive To dance.
HEEL, verb transitive To arm a cock.
1. To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.
HEEL verb intransitive To incline; to lean; as a ship; as, the ship heels a-port, or a star-board.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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