עָקֵבʻâqêb

Meanings

Same root

• עָקַבʻâqab · H6117to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
• עֵקֶבʻêqeb · H6118a heel, i.e. (figuratively) the last of anything (used adverbially, for ever); also result, i.e. compensation; and so (adverb with preposition or relatively) on account of

Where it appears

Appears 14 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 3:15 And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”
• Genesis 25:26 Then the other twin was born with his hand grasping Esau’s heel. So they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
• Genesis 49:17 Dan will be a snake beside the road, a poisonous viper along the path that bites the horse’s hooves so its rider is thrown off.
• Genesis 49:19 “Gad will be attacked by marauding bands, but he will attack them when they retreat.
• Joshua 8:13 So they stationed the main army north of the town and the ambush west of the town. Joshua himself spent that night in the valley.
• Judges 5:22 Then the horses’ hooves hammered the ground, the galloping, galloping of Sisera’s mighty steeds.