עֵקֶבʻêqeb/ay'-keb/
HebrewH611814 occurrences (KJV)
a heel, i.e. (figuratively) the last of anything (used adverbially, for ever); also result, i.e. compensation; and so (adverb with preposition or relatively) on account of
KJV renders it: [idiom] because, by, end, for, if, reward.
Where it appears
- Gen 26:5because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
- Num 14:24But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it.
- Deut 7:12It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers.
- Deut 8:20As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you wouldn’t listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.
- 2 Sam 12:6He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!”
- 2 Sam 12:10Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken Uriah the Hittite’s wife to be your wife.’
- Ps 19:11Moreover by them is your servant warned. In keeping them there is great reward.
- Ps 40:15Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, “Aha! Aha!”
- Ps 70:3Let them be turned because of their shame Who say, “Aha! Aha!”
- Ps 119:33Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
- Ps 119:112I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH
- Prov 22:4The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.
- Isa 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!
- Amos 4:12“Therefore thus will I do to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.