Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6118
עֵקֶב
eqebay'-keb
consequence
15 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻêqeb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6118is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6118
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
The King James renders it: [idiom] because, by, end, for, if, reward.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
eqeb is rendered "consequence". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Five of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 22:18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
Genesis 22:18עֵ֕קֶב
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- consequence9
- consequence of4
- end2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עֵקֶר | eqer | descendant | Uses1 |
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- עֵ֣קֶב7
- עֵ֚קֶב3
- עֵ֕קֶב2
- עֵֽקֶב׃2
- עֵ֗קֶב1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)8HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular7HNcmsa
Genesis
two uses
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
- עֵ֕קֶבʾekevnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: consequence
because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
- עֵ֕קֶבʾekevnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: consequence
Numbers
one use
But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
- עֵ֣קֶבʾekevnoun · masculine singulartagged: consequence
Deuteronomy
two uses
If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.
- עֵ֣קֶבʾekevnoun · masculine singulartagged: consequence
Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.
- עֵ֚קֶבʾekevnoun · masculine singulartagged: consequence
2 Samuel
two uses
Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
- עֵ֗קֶבʾekevnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: consequence
Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
- עֵ֚קֶבʾekevnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: consequence
Psalms
five uses
By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.
- עֵ֣קֶבʾekevnoun · masculine singulartagged: consequence
May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
- עֵ֣קֶבʾekevnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: consequence of
May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
- עֵ֣קֶבʾekevnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: consequence of
Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
- עֵֽקֶב׃ʾekevnoun · masculine singulartagged: end
I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
- עֵֽקֶב׃ʾekevnoun · masculine singulartagged: end
Proverbs
one use
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
- עֵ֣קֶבʾekevnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: consequence of
Isaiah
one use
who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
- עֵ֣קֶבʾekevnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: consequence of
Amos
one use
“Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!
- עֵ֚קֶבʾekevnoun · masculine singulartagged: consequence
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.