H6118 · עֵקֶב
ʻêqeb · ay'-keb · because, reward, end
H6118 (ʻêqeb, pronounced ay'-keb) is the Hebrew word עֵקֶב in Strong’s dictionary: a heel, i.e. (figuratively) the last of anything (used adverbially, for ever). It appears 15 times in 15 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- עֵקֶב (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- ʻêqeb
- Pronunciation
- ay'-keb
- Derivation
- from H6117 (עָקַב) in the sense of H6119 (עָקֵב);
- Definition
- 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
- Rendered in the KJV
- [idiom] because, by, end, for, if, reward.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
15 occurrences in 15 verses (12 with English words of their own, 3 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “because” ×3
- “Because” ×1
- “But because” ×1
- “If” ×1
- “The rewards” ×1
- “and since” ×1
- “for” ×1
- “reward” ×1
By book
Genesis 2 · Numbers 1 · Deuteronomy 2 · 2 Samuel 2 · Psalms 5 · Proverbs 1 · Isaiah 1 · Amos 1
Verses
- Genesis 22:18
- Genesis 26:5
- Numbers 14:24
- Deuteronomy 7:12
- Deuteronomy 8:20
- 2 Samuel 12:6
- 2 Samuel 12:10
- Psalms 19:11
- Psalms 40:15
- Psalms 70:3
- Psalms 119:33
- Psalms 119:112
- Proverbs 22:4
- Isaiah 5:23
- Amos 4:12
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H6118.