עֵקֶב eqev

Hebrew word for “consequence” · Strong’s H6118 · used 15 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

1) consequence; 1a) consequence;

How it is translated

Glosses given for eqev in context, with how often each is used:

• consequence 13
• end 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 12 (2), Psalms 119 (2), Genesis 22 (1), Genesis 26 (1), Numbers 14 (1), Deuteronomy 7 (1), Deuteronomy 8 (1), Psalms 19 (1), Psalms 40 (1), Psalms 70 (1)

Forms

• עקב 15

Words used with it

Words that share verses with eqev more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• הֶאָח heach “Aha!” 2
• בֹּשֶׁת boshet “shame” 2
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 4
• קוֹל qol “voice” 3
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 3
• ךָּ ka “you” 3
• חֹק choq “statute” 2
• זֶרַע zera “seed” 2
• סוּר sur “to turn aside” 2
• עוֹלָם olam “forever” 2
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 2
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 2

Key verses

The verses using eqev that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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 — Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
• 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; and his seed shall…
• 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 covenant and the mercy…
• 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 be thy wife.
• Psalms 19:11 — Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
• Psalms 70:3 — Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
• Psalms 119:33 — Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
• Psalms 119:112 — I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. ס SAMECH.
• Proverbs 22:4 — By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
• Isaiah 5:23 — Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
• 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.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.