KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: The back parts of the feet below the ankles. Sense 2: The corresponding rear parts of footwear.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 49:17
Complete exact-word concordance
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.
Dan shalbe a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heeles, so that his rider shall fall backward.
1611 marginal noteHeb. an arrow-snake.
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
Thou puttest my feete also in the stockes, and lookest narrowly vnto all my pathes; thou settest a print vpon the heeles of my feete.
1611 marginal noteHeb. obseruest.
1611 marginal noteHeb. roots.
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
Wherefore should I feare in the daies of euill, when the iniquitie of my heeles shall compasse me about?
¶ 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.
¶ And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things vpon me? for the greatnesse of thine iniquitie are thy skirts discouered, and thy heeles made bare.
1611 marginal noteOr, shall be violently taken away.
1611 marginal noteCha.5.19 and 16.10.
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