7 occurrences

'Heel' in the Bible

Afterward his brother came out, and his hand grasped Esau’s heel, so he was named Jacob (one who grabs by the heel, supplanter). Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

“A snare catches him by the heel,And a trap snaps shut on him.

“Let everyone beware of his neighborAnd do not trust any brother.For every brother is a supplanter [like Jacob, a deceiver, ready to grab his brother’s heel],And every neighbor goes around as a slanderer.

In their mother’s womb he took his brother by the heel,And in his maturity he contended with God.

I am not speaking of all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but [this has happened] in order that the Scripture may be fulfilled: ‘He who eats My bread has raised up his heel against Me [as My enemy].’

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
עקב 
`aqab 
supplant , take by the heel , stay, utterly
Usage: 5

עקּבה עקב 
`aqeb 
heel , footsteps , horsehoofs , at the last , steps , liers in wait
Usage: 14

שׁרשׁ 
Sheresh 
Usage: 33

πτέρνα 
Pterna 
Usage: 0