Words the Bible translates as steps
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ma'alahמַעֲלָהa step or a going-up: a stair, an ascent, or a graded mark that something moves up by
- aqevעָקֵבthe heel: the hard back of the foot on a person or an animal, the low point where the body is most easily caught or struck
+2 more meanings
- footprints: the tracks feet leave in the ground, and by extension the path a person has walked
- the rear: the back end of a moving or fighting force, the part that trails behind
- tsa'adצַעַדa step: one reach of the leg in walking, and so the stride itself or the whole course a person's walking takes
- ashurאֲשׁוּרa step: the walking a person does, standing for the course a life is taking
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