# עֵקֶב (eqev)

Israeli respelling: e-qev. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6118. 15 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: [idiom] because, by, end, for, if, reward.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/eqev-h6118

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 22:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/22/18) — And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
- [Genesis 26:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/5) — Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
- [Numbers 14:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/14/24) — But 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;…
- [Deuteronomy 7:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/12) — Wherefore 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 co…
- [Deuteronomy 8:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/8/20) — As 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…
- [2 Samuel 12:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/6) — And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
- [2 Samuel 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/10) — Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to…
- [Psalms 19:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/19/11) — Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
- [Psalms 40:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/40/15) — Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
- [Psalms 70:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/70/3) — Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
- [Psalms 119:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/33) — Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
- [Psalms 119:112](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/112) — I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
- [Proverbs 22:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/22/4) — By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
- [Isaiah 5:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/23) — Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
- [Amos 4:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/4/12) — Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.