Strong's #6118: `eqeb (pronounced ay'-keb)

from 6117 in the sense of 6119; 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:--X because, by, end, for, if, reward.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

‛êqeb

1) consequence (noun masculine)

1a) consequence

1b) consequence, gain, reward

1c) end

2) as a consequence, because, consequently (adverb)

3) as a consequence of, that, because (conjunction)

Part of Speech: see above in Definition

Relation: from H6117 in the sense of 6119

Usage:

This word is used 15 times:

 

Genesis 22:18: "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,"
Numbers 14:24: "But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully,"
Deuteronomy 7:12: "Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do"
Deuteronomy 8:20: "before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice"
2 Samuel 12:6: "And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this"
2 Samuel 12:10: "shall never depart from thine house; because"
Psalms 19:11: "warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward."
Psalms 40:15: "Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha."
Psalms 70:3: "Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha."
Psalms 119:33: "the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end."
Psalms 119:112: "to perform thy statutes always, even unto the end."
Proverbs 22:4: " By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life."
Isaiah 5:23: "Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from"
Amos 4:12: "thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare"