Strong’s H6118 · Hebrew
עֵקֶב
ʻêqeb · ay'-keb
Origin from עָקַב (H6117) in the sense of עָקֵב (H6119);
Meaning 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
In the King James Version [idiom] because, by, end, for, if, reward.
In 14 verses of the King James Version
- Genesis 26:5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
- Numbers 14:24But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
- Deuteronomy 7:12Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
- Deuteronomy 8:20As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
- 2 Samuel 12:6And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
- 2 Samuel 12:10Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
- Psalms 19:11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
- Psalms 40:15Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
- Psalms 70:3Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
- Psalms 119:33HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
- Psalms 119:112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
- Proverbs 22:4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
- Isaiah 5:23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
- Amos 4:12Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.