רֶגֶל
regel · reh'-gel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7270 (רָגַל);
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
- a foot (as used in walking)
- by implication, a step
- by euphemistically the pudenda
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads
The head, the highest that works to carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רֶגֶל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
245 occurrences · 245 OT · 0 NT · 139 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- my feet12 · 10%
- feet11 · 9%
- foot10 · 8%
- thy foot9 · 8%
- his feet8 · 7%
- and their feet6 · 5%
- their feet6 · 5%
- with his feet4 · 3%
- the feet4 · 3%
- at his feet4 · 3%
- that follow4 · 3%
- after4 · 3%
- times4 · 3%
- with your feet4 · 3%
- on his feet4 · 3%
- my foot3 · 3%
- upon their feet3 · 3%
- of thy feet3 · 3%
- your feet3 · 3%
- of my feet3 · 3%
- of his feet3 · 3%
- of your feet2 · 2%
- on my feet2 · 2%
- for foot2 · 2%
- of her foot2 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.