What does רֶגֶל (regel) mean in the Bible?
רֶגֶל (regel): Foot moves from literal walking to metaphorical standing/position, with euphemistic sexual sense in certain contexts.
Hebrew · H7272
רֶגֶל
A foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step ; by euphemistically the pudenda
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רֶגֶל H7272
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What does רֶגֶל (regel) mean in the Bible?
רֶגֶל (regel): Foot moves from literal walking to metaphorical standing/position, with euphemistic sexual sense in certain contexts.
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How does the BSB render H7272?
The BSB source-word alignment has 245 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (27), my feet (18), his feet (15), foot (14), their feet (12).
Where does רֶגֶל (regel) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 8:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Psalms (31), Ezekiel (22), Isaiah (19), Deuteronomy (17).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 27× Genesis 8:9, Genesis 29:1, Genesis 33:14, Exodus 3:5
my feet 18× 2 Samuel 22:34, 2 Samuel 22:39, Job 13:27, Job 23:11
his feet 15× Genesis 24:32, Genesis 49:10, Genesis 49:33, Exodus 24:10
foot 14× Genesis 41:44, Exodus 21:24, Leviticus 8:23, Leviticus 13:12
their feet 12× Genesis 43:24, Leviticus 11:21, Joshua 10:24, Judges 19:21
your feet 11× Genesis 18:4, Genesis 19:2, Joshua 10:24, 2 Samuel 3:34
and feet 6× Exodus 30:19, Exodus 30:21, Exodus 40:31, 1 Samuel 14:13
feet 6× Exodus 29:20, Leviticus 8:24, Leviticus 11:42, 2 Samuel 9:13
on foot 6× Numbers 20:19, Deuteronomy 2:28, Deuteronomy 11:10, Judges 4:15
- 5× Deuteronomy 25:9, Joshua 5:15, Judges 8:5, 1 Kings 20:10
her feet 5× Judges 5:27, 2 Kings 9:35, Proverbs 5:5, Proverbs 7:11
your foot 5× Psalms 68:23, Psalms 91:12, Psalms 121:3, Proverbs 3:26
of your foot 4× Deuteronomy 11:24, Deuteronomy 28:65, Joshua 1:3, Isaiah 1:6
times 4× Exodus 23:14, Numbers 22:28, Numbers 22:32, Numbers 22:33
for my feet 3× Job 30:12, Jeremiah 18:22, Lamentations 1:13
legs 3× Exodus 25:26, Exodus 37:13, Leviticus 11:23
of my feet 3× Job 13:27, Isaiah 60:13, Ezekiel 43:7
on your feet 3× Exodus 12:11, Ezekiel 24:17, Ezekiel 24:23
our feet 3× Psalms 47:3, Psalms 66:9, Psalms 122:2
the feet 3× 1 Samuel 25:41, Isaiah 26:6, Nahum 1:15
with your feet 3× Ezekiel 32:2, Ezekiel 34:18
and big toes 2× Judges 1:6, Judges 1:7
at Your feet 2× Deuteronomy 33:3, Isaiah 49:23
cause the feet 2× 2 Kings 21:8, 2 Chronicles 33:8
for Your feet 2× Psalms 110:1, Proverbs 4:26
him 2× Judges 4:10, 2 Samuel 15:18
in his feet 2× 1 Kings 15:23, 2 Chronicles 16:12
of foot 2× 2 Samuel 2:18, Amos 2:15
of your feet 2× Deuteronomy 28:35, Malachi 4:3
to his feet 2× 2 Kings 4:27, Isaiah 41:2
what your feet 2× Ezekiel 34:19
with his feet 2× Proverbs 6:13, Isaiah 41:3
[and] foot 1× Deuteronomy 19:21
[and] their feet 1× Joshua 3:15
[his] feet 1× 2 Samuel 4:4
a foot 1× Job 39:15
and my feet 1× Psalms 56:13
and the feet 1× Genesis 24:32
and their feet 1× Nehemiah 9:21
and your feet 1× Deuteronomy 8:4
and your foot 1× Proverbs 3:23
are the feet 1× Isaiah 52:7
as feet 1× Job 29:15
at a comfortable pace 1× Genesis 33:14
at his heels 1× Judges 5:15
beneath His feet 1× Nahum 1:3
by the foot of man 1× Job 28:4
follow you 1× Exodus 11:8
followed him 1× 2 Samuel 15:16
following him 1× 2 Samuel 15:17
footsteps 1× 2 Kings 6:32
for foot 1× Deuteronomy 19:21
for his feet 1× 2 Samuel 19:24
from your feet 1× Isaiah 20:2
her legs 1× Deuteronomy 28:57
himself 1× 1 Samuel 24:3
his every step 1× Job 18:11
his foot 1× Deuteronomy 33:24
his footsteps 1× Proverbs 19:2
His footstool 1× Psalms 99:5
his legs 1× 1 Samuel 17:6
his own feet 1× Job 18:8
in both feet 1× 2 Samuel 9:3
in His steps 1× Habakkuk 3:5
My foot 1× Psalms 94:18
my steps 1× Psalms 119:59
of her feet 1× 1 Kings 14:6
of her foot 1× Deuteronomy 28:56
of his feet 1× Job 2:7
of his foot 1× 2 Samuel 14:25
of their feet 1× Ezekiel 1:7
of those whose feet 1× Job 12:5
of your legs 1× Isaiah 7:20
on each foot 1× 2 Samuel 21:20
on his feet 1× 1 Kings 2:5
on their feet 1× Joshua 9:5
one’s own feet 1× Proverbs 26:6
or a foot 1× Proverbs 25:19
or my foot 1× Job 31:5
set foot 1× Proverbs 25:17
that belonged to them 1× Deuteronomy 11:6
the bracelets on their ankles 1× Isaiah 3:16
the foot 1× Psalms 36:11
the steps 1× 1 Samuel 2:9
their foot 1× Deuteronomy 32:35
Their legs 1× Ezekiel 1:7
they have feet 1× Psalms 115:7
to [Moses’] feet 1× Exodus 4:25
to my feet 1× Psalms 119:105
when my foot 1× Psalms 38:16
When your feet 1× 1 Kings 14:12
wherever I set foot 1× Genesis 30:30
whose feet 1× Isaiah 23:7
your feet {away} 1× Proverbs 4:27
your legs 1× Ezekiel 16:25
your steps 1× Ecclesiastes 5:1
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 8:9 רַגְלָ֗הּ to . . . Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular Genesis 18:4 רַגְלֵיכֶ֑ם to your feet Noun - feminine dual construct | second person masculine plural Genesis 19:2 רַגְלֵיכֶ֔ם to your feet Noun - feminine dual construct | second person masculine plural Genesis 24:32 רַגְלָ֔יו to his feet Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine singular Genesis 24:32 וְרַגְלֵ֥י to and the feet Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine dual construct Genesis 29:1 רַגְלָ֑יו to . . . Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine singular Genesis 30:30 לְרַגְלִ֑י to wherever I set foot Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Genesis 33:14 לְרֶ֨גֶל to at a comfortable pace Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct Genesis 33:14 וּלְרֶ֣גֶל to . . . Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct Genesis 41:44 רַגְל֖וֹ to foot Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 8:9
Aligned rows 245
Books represented 29
Genesis 13 Exodus 14 Leviticus 11 Numbers 5 Deuteronomy 17 Joshua 11 Judges 11 1 Samuel 9 2 Samuel 16 1 Kings 6 2 Kings 7 1 Chronicles 2 2 Chronicles 3 Nehemiah 1 Esther 1 Job 13 Psalms 31 Proverbs 15 Ecclesiastes 1 Song Of Solomon 1 Isaiah 19 Jeremiah 5 Lamentations 3 Ezekiel 22 Amos 1 Nahum 2 Habakkuk 2 Zechariah 2 Malachi 1
Source forms
רֶ֣גֶל 7x re·ḡel 2 Kings 21:8, 2 Chronicles 33:8, Job 39:15, Psalms 36:11
רַגְל֖וֹ 7x raḡ·lōw Genesis 41:44, Leviticus 8:23, Leviticus 14:14, Leviticus 14:17
רַגְלָ֔יו 7x raḡ·lāw Genesis 24:32, 1 Samuel 14:13, 1 Samuel 25:24, 2 Kings 4:37
רַגְלָֽיו׃ 7x raḡ·lāw Exodus 25:26, Exodus 37:13, 2 Samuel 22:10, 1 Kings 15:23
רַגְלֵ֣י 6x raḡ·lê Joshua 3:13, Joshua 4:3, Joshua 4:9, Joshua 4:18
רַגְלָ֑י 6x raḡ·lāy Job 33:11, Psalms 73:2, Psalms 119:101, Isaiah 66:1
רַגְלָ֑יו 6x raḡ·lāw Genesis 29:1, Genesis 49:10, Leviticus 13:12, 1 Samuel 17:6
בְּרַגְלָ֑יו 5x bə·raḡ·lāw Judges 5:15, 2 Samuel 15:16, 2 Samuel 15:17, 2 Kings 4:27
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine singular 33x Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:1, Genesis 49:10, Genesis 49:33
Noun - feminine dual construct | first person common singular 23x 2 Samuel 22:34, 2 Samuel 22:39, 1 Kings 5:3, Job 13:27
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular 15x Deuteronomy 28:35, Deuteronomy 28:65, Deuteronomy 29:5, Joshua 5:15
Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine plural 13x Genesis 43:24, Exodus 30:19, Exodus 40:31, Joshua 10:24
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine singular 13x Judges 4:10, Judges 4:15, Judges 4:17, Judges 5:15
Noun - feminine dual construct 11x Joshua 3:13, Joshua 4:3, Joshua 4:9, Joshua 4:18
Noun - feminine singular 11x Exodus 21:24, Leviticus 21:19, Deuteronomy 2:5, Deuteronomy 19:21
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular 11x Genesis 41:44, Leviticus 8:23, Leviticus 14:14, Leviticus 14:17
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Foot moves from literal walking to metaphorical standing/position, with euphemistic sexual sense in certain contexts.
Source Gloss
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step ; by euphemistically the pudenda
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Foot moves from literal walking to metaphorical standing/position, with euphemistic sexual sense in certain contexts.
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda BDB: foot Usage: × be able to endure, × according as, × after, × coming, × follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), × great toe, × haunt, × journey, leg, piss, possession, time.
Grammatical Forms
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Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
Literal movement or action, in context of haste without knowledge
Figurative presence or frequency, counsel against excessive visitation
Reliance or support, metaphor for dependence on an unreliable person
Self-harm or injury, one who sends a fool harms his own welfare
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain