Word

רֶגֶל

regel · H7272 · Hebrew · 247 occurrences

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Meanings

foot, leg

The lower part of the lower limb of the body of humans, animals, and --by extension-- of deities, which in some contexts may include the full leg; used for standing and walking; associated with authority, and also used as a euphemism for the male genitals

Examples
Genesis 8:9 but the dove found no resting place for the sole of its foot, so it returned to him in the ark, for the water was on the surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took it, and brought it into the ark to himself.
Genesis 18:4 “Please let a little water be brought and wash your feet, and make yourselves comfortable under the tree;
Genesis 19:2 And he said, “Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” They said, “No, but we shall spend the night in the public square.”
genitals

Literally: feet; hence: a euphemism for a man's genitals

Examples
Genesis 49:10 “The scepter will not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Exodus 4:25 So Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and threw it at Moses’ feet; and she said, “You are indeed a groom of blood to me!”
Deuteronomy 28:57 and toward her afterbirth that comes from between her legs, and toward her children to whom she gives birth, because she will eat them secretly for lack of anything else, during the siege and the hardship with which your enemy will oppress you in your towns.
pace

Literally: foot; hence: the ability of humans and animals to walk fast and/or far, depending on size and age

Examples
Genesis 33:14 “Please let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will proceed at my leisure, at the pace of the cattle that are ahead of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
foot > life

Literally: foot; hence: pattern of behavior, with a primary focus on moral and ethical behavior, understood as a journey through life

Examples
Deuteronomy 32:35 ‘Vengeance is Mine, and retribution; In due time their foot will slip. For the day of their disaster is near, And the impending things are hurrying to them.’
Job 12:5 “He who is at ease holds disaster in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip.
Psalm 38:16 For I said, “May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would exalt themselves over me.”
urine

Literally: water of the feet; hence: a pale yelowish fluid stored in the bladder and passed through the urethra

Examples
2 Kings 18:27 But Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words? Has he not also sent me to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
Isaiah 36:12 But Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
foot, [untranslated]

Literally: foot, here used metonymically to denote the entire person or animal owning it; hence: a human being or animal with focus on the activities for which they use their feet

Examples
Joshua 14:9 “So Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘The land on which your foot has walked shall certainly be an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have followed the LORD my God fully.’
1 Samuel 2:9 “He watches over the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a person prevail.
1 Samuel 23:22 “Go now, be more persistent, and investigate and see his place where he is hiding, and who has seen him there; for I am told that he is very cunning.
to lift one's foot > to do anything at all

Literally: (to raise one's) foot; hence: to do anything, even if it were as insignificant as raising one's foot

Examples
Genesis 41:44 Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Though I am Pharaoh, yet without your permission no one shall raise his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”
to cover the feet

A euphemism; literally: to cover (one's) feet; hence: action by which humans pass excrement, which implies a squatting position by which the robe covers the feet

Examples
Judges 3:24 When he had left, the king’s servants came and looked, and behold, the doors of the roof chamber were locked; and they said, “Undoubtedly he is relieving himself in the cool room.”
occasion, time

One instance in a set of repeated events

Examples
Exodus 23:14 “Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me.
Numbers 22:28 Then the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
Numbers 22:32 Then the angel of the LORD said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way was reckless and contrary to me.
to go on a journey, to continue one's journey

Literally: to lift up one's feet; hence: action by which humans begin or continue a journey

Examples
Genesis 29:1 Then Jacob set out on his journey, and went to the land of the people of the east.
step

Literally: foot; hence: action by which humans put one foot before the other, in order to move forward

Examples
Isaiah 41:2 “Who has stirred one from the east Whom He calls in righteousness to His feet? He turns nations over to him And subdues kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, Like the wind-driven chaff with his bow.
traveller

Literally: foot; hence: a person journeying from one place to the next

Examples
Job 28:4 “He sinks a shaft away from inhabited areas, Forgotten by the foot; They hang and swing, away from people.
following behind

Literally: at the feet; hence: a reference to the space behind a moving party

Examples
Genesis 30:30 “For you had little before I came, and it has increased to a multitude, and the LORD has blessed you wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own household also?”
Exodus 11:8 “And all these servants of yours will come down to me and bow themselves before me, saying, ‘Go out, you and all the people who follow you,’ and after that I will go out.” And he left Pharaoh in the heat of anger.
Deuteronomy 11:6 and what He did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, among all Israel—
Literally: foot (of table); hence: one of the four legs of a table (leg (of table))

Examples
Exodus 25:26 “You shall also make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four legs.
Exodus 37:13 He also cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four legs.
to attend

Literally: to walk at (someone's) feet; hence: action by which humans accompany other humans to serve them

Examples
1 Samuel 25:27 “And now let this gift which your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who accompany my lord.
1 Samuel 25:42 Then Abigail got up quickly, and rode on a donkey, with her five female attendants who accompanied her; and she followed the messengers of David and became his wife.

How it’s used In 9 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

217 occurrences in 26 groups

הוּhis 66
יmy 38
ךָyour 30
הֶםtheir 27
כֶםyour 13
הּher 10
Other words · 17 groups that occur once or twice (21) 21

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

18 occurrences in 8 groups

יְמָנִיright 7
שָׁלוֹשׁthree 4
זֶהthis 3
אַרְבַּעfour 3
יָשָׁרupright, right 1
מָהַרto hurry, to hasten 1

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 2 groups

רֶגֶלfoot, leg 2
פַּעַםtime, step, foot 1

What it doesIt is the subject

35 occurrences in 26 groups

מוֹטto move 3
Other words · 25 groups that occur once or twice (32) 32

What is done to itIt is the object

52 occurrences in 29 groups

רָחַץto wash, to bathe 12
שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 5
שָׁמַרto keep, to guard, to observe 3
Other words · 26 groups that occur once or twice (32) 32

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 3 groups

הַרmountain 1
רֶגֶלfoot, leg 1
וֹhim 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

11 occurrences in 8 groups

נַעַלsandal 3
עֲרָפֶלthick clouds 2
בַּיִתhouse, household 1
מִבְטָחconfidence 1
מִצְחָהgreaves 1
אֲנִיI 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

79 occurrences in 7 groups

בin/on/with 62
לto/for 25
עַלon, upon, over, against 22
תַּחַתunder, below, instead of 13
בֵּיןbetween, among 4
מִןfrom 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

51 occurrences in 20 groups

כַּףpalm, hand 18
בֹּהֶןthumb 9
הֲדֹםfootstool 5
Other words · 17 groups that occur once or twice (19) 19

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

πούς poús · G4228 · foot, to be very hospitable to: Greek πούς directly translates Hebrew רֶגֶל in its primary anatomical sense ('foot') and extends to shared figurative uses (footstool, following after), constituting the standard cross-linguistic equivalent across both literal and idiomatic registers.

Semantic domains 10 entries

Able002001001001: This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which concern literal feet and departure rather than ability.
Act002002002001: This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations.
Body Products001003001002: This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which concern the foot as a body part in washing and travel rather than bodily excretions.
Engage002003003011: This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations.
Excrete002001001027: This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations.
Circumstantial Referents003002002: This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which concern the literal body part rather than idiomatic circumstance.
Move002002001012: The word's idiomatic "set out, go" sense is directly illustrated by Jacob who "lifted his feet" and went on his journey to the land of the east (Genesis 29:1).
Spatial Referents003002005: The word's locative sense is directly illustrated by the dove finding "no resting place for the sole of its foot" (Genesis 8:9).
Furnishings001003001001008: This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which all concern literal feet rather than furniture.
Serve002003002023: The word's use in hospitality customs is directly illustrated by the repeated offer to "wash your feet" for guests (Genesis 18:4, 19:2, 24:32).

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

רָגַל râgal · H7270 · to teach to walk, to spy out · 26×רֶגֶלregel · H7272רַגְלִי raglîy · H7273 · man on foot · 12×רְגַל rᵉgal · H7271 · foot · 7×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7272. regel רֶ֫גֶל247 noun feminineDeu 8:4 (on suffix masculine Son 5:3 see KöSynt. § l4…

H7272. regel
רֶ֫גֶל247 noun feminineDeu 8:4 (on suffix masculine Son 5:3 see KöSynt. § l4 AlbrZAW(xvi, 1896, 76) xv (1895), 316 f.), foot (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic , leg, foot; Aramaic רַגְלָא, foot; Palmyrene suffix רגלה Lzb368; transposed Zinjirli (plural construct) לגרי Idlb., Mandean ליגרא NöM 102; compare Ethiopic vehicle Di347); — absolute ׳ר Exo 21:24 +, רָ֑גֶל Exo 21:24 +; construct רֶגֶל Num 22:25 +; suffix רַגְלִי Gen 30:30 +, etc.; dual רַגְלָ֫יִם 1Sa 28:3 +, רַנְלָ֑יִם 2Sa 4:4 +; construct רַגְלֵי Gen 24:32 +; suffix רַגְלַי Num 20:19 +, רַגְלֶיךָ Exo 3:5 +, etc.; plural רְגָלִים Exo 23:14 Exo 23:3t. (see 2 below); —
1 foot:
a. human, Gen 18:4; Gen 19:2 Gen 19:10t. of washing feet (רחץ); Exo 3:5; Exo 4:25 + often; in figure Deu 32:35; 1Sa 2:9; Jer 2:25; Job 12:5 + often; ׳ר נַּאֲוָה Psa 36:12 foot of pride; לְר ׳הֲדֹם Psa 110:1; ר ׳כַּף sole of foot Deu 2:5; Deu 11:24; Deu 28:56, Deu 28:65 Deu 28:6t., + ראֹשׁ וְעַד ר ׳מִכַּף Isa 1:6, compare (קדקד וְעַד) 2Sa 14:25; Deu 28:35; Job 2:7; also ר וְעַד ׳מֵראֹשׁ Lev 13:12; ר ׳שָׁרְשֵׁי Job 13:27 see שֹׁרֶשׁ;ר ׳אֶצְבְּעוֺת 2Sa 21:20 = toes, ר ׳בֹּהֶן = great toe Jdg 1:6-7, Exo 29:20 Exo 29:6t. Leviticus; ׳ר = leg 1Sa 17:6 (see also feminine near the end).
b. anthropomorphism of God, Exo 24:10; 2Sa 22:10 = Psa 18:10; Nah 1:3; Hab 3:5; Isa 60:13; Zec 14:4;ר ׳כַּמּוֺת Eze 43:7; ר ׳הֲדֹם Isa 66:1; Lam 2:1; 1Ch 28:2; Psa 99:5; Psa 132:7.
c. of seraphim Isa 6:2, Ezekiel's חַיּוֺת Eze 1:7 (twice in verse) and (ר ׳כֵּף) Eze 1:7, cherubim 2Ch 3:13; idols Psa 115:7.
d. of animals: dove,ר ׳כַּף Gen 8:9 (J); עוֺף שֶׁרֶץ Lev 11:21, Lev 11:23, שֶׁרֶץ Lev 11:42; calf, ר ׳כַּף Eze 1:7 (in simile), בְּהֵמָה Eze 29:11; Pharaoh under figure of תַּנִּים Eze 32:2; probably of beast also Job 39:15, indefinite Isa 28:3 (in figurative).
e. of table Exo 25:26; Exo 37:13 (P).
f. phrases: ׳לְר (ל)
5i according to the pace of Gen 33:14 (twice in verse) (J; as fast as cattle, children, can go); at one's guidance Deu 33:8; at one's foot, i.e. at every step Gen 30:30 (J), Isa 41:2, compare Job 18:11 (see I. [ מּוּץ]
Hiph`il); לְר ׳הלך 1Sa 25:42, i.e. went where she went, compare 2Sa 15:16-17, 2Sa 15:18; ׳בְּר on one's feet, on foot, Num 20:19 (JE), Deu 2:28; Jdg 4:15, Jdg 4:17; Psa 66:6, בְּר ׳שֻׁלֵּח Jdg 5:15 (see שׁלח), compare Job 18:8 (and שִׁלֵּח֑וּ רַגְלַי Job 30:12); (הָעָם הַיְקוּם, בְּד, אֲשֶׁר ׳הַבְּהֵמָה), i.e. which follow one, hence obey or belong to one, Exo 11:8 (J), Jdg 4:10; Jdg 8:5; 1Ki 20:10; Deu 11:6; 2Ki 3:9, בְּר ׳הַמִּתְהַלְּכִים 1Sa 25:27; ר ׳נָשָׂא Gen 29:1 (E) = set out, but אֶתרֿ ׳יָרִים Gen 41:44 (E) lift the foot, i.e. make a movement, do anything; euphemism אֶתרֿ ׳מֵסִיךְ Jdg 3:24, compare 1Sa 24:3 (Gi; van d. H. Baer v.1Sa 24:4; see I. [ סָכַךְ] Hiph`il); אֶתרֿ ׳וַתְּפַשְּׂקִי לְ Eze 16:25 (see פשׂק); ר מִבֵּין ׳הַיּוֺצֵת Deu 28:57 (see יצא 1h); ר ׳מֵימֵי Qr 2Ki 18:27 = Isa 36:12 (Kt שיניהם; see מַיִם 3); ׳הָר שַׂעַר Isa 7:20, i.e. hair of the private parts.
2 plural only in phrase רְגָלִים שָׁלשׁ three times (feet, paces, compare מַּעַם) Exo 23:14 (E), Num 22:28, Num 22:32, Num 22:33 (J).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 10 entries

Furnishings2 occurrences Body Products2 occurrences Able2 occurrences Excrete2 occurrences Move3 occurrences Act4 occurrences Serve2 occurrences Engage1 occurrence Circumstantial Referents4 occurrences Spatial Referents14 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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