עֵקֶב ʻêqeb

Hebrew · Strong's H6118 · pronounced ay'-keb · used 15 times in 15 verses

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.

Derivation: from H6117 (עָקַב) in the sense of H6119 (עָקֵב);

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Where it is used

Genesis 22:18 And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
Genesis 26:5 because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
Numbers 14:24 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.
Deuteronomy 7:12 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.
Deuteronomy 8:20 Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.
2 Samuel 12:6 Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
2 Samuel 12:10 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.’
Psalms 19:11 By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.
Psalms 40:15 May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
Psalms 70:3 May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
Psalms 119:33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
Psalms 119:112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
Proverbs 22:4 The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
Isaiah 5:23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
Amos 4:12 “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!