עֵקֶב
ʻêqeb · H6118 · Hebrew · 15 occurrences
Meanings
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recompense, reward
Process by which something happens to someone as a result of certain achievements
ExamplesPsalm 19:11 Moreover, Your servant is warned by them; In keeping them there is great reward.
Proverbs 22:4 The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches, honor, and life.
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because
An element introducing a motivation, cause, or reason
ExamplesGenesis 22:18 “And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
Genesis 26:5 because Abraham obeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
Numbers 14:24 “But as for My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring him into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it.
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to the utmost, to the end
Literally: reward; hence: process in which something is done with great intensity, possibly because of a potential reward when the goal is achieved
ExamplesPsalm 119:33 Teach me the way of Your statutes, LORD, And I shall comply with it to the end.
Psalm 119:112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, even to the end.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- בֹּשֶׁתshame 2
- עֲנָוָהhumility 1
- שַׁחַדpresent 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רַבmany, great 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עוֹלָםforever 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 4 groups
- חַיalive, living 1
- כָּבוֹדglory, honor 1
- עֹשֶׁרwealth 1
- שָׁמַרto keep, to guard, to observe 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- יַעַן yaʻan · H3282 · because, since
- Both words are causal conjunctions meaning "because," used to introduce reasons or grounds.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἀντί antí · G473 · instead, for, on behalf of
- Both עֵקֶב (ʻêqeb, H6118) עֵקֶב and ἀντί (antí, G473) ἀντί function as causal/substitutionary particles expressing "because of" or "in consequence of." The Hebrew עֵקֶב (literally "heel," used idiomatically for consequence/reward) and the Greek ἀντί (expressing substitution, exchange, or causal relationship) overlap semantically in their shared function as markers of causation and logical consequence, making them natural cross-linguistic translation equivalents in contexts where one thing occurs as a result of or in exchange for another.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Happen002002003003
- עֵקֶב introduces the consequence that follows from an action, as in the repeated formula that because Abraham obeyed and kept God's commandments, a resulting blessing would come about.
- Perception002004
- The word's causal, reasoning function ties it to an association with recognizing or reckoning a cause-and-effect relationship, though this facet is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the causal formula itself rather than an act of perceiving.
- Intense002001003011
- The word's idiomatic use for 'utterly' or emphatically ties it to an intensified degree, though this facet is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which use the word in its more common causal sense.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6118. eqeb עֵ֫קֶב noun [masculine] consequence, usually as adverb accusative as a…
עֵ֫קֶב noun [masculine] consequence, usually as
adverb accusative as a consequence of, because (that) also reward, end (see below עָקַב; and cf, heel figurative consequence, result); —
1 Isa 5:23 שֹׁחַד עֵקֶב רָשָׁע מַצְדִּיקֵי (adverb accusative) in consequence of a bribe. Psa 40:16 (= Psa 70:4) בָּשְׁתָּם עֵקֶב על (pleon.) according to the consequence of their shame, i.e. in consequence of the disgrace falling upon them. Hence as
conjunction אֲשֶׁר עֵקֶב as a consequence of (the fact) that, because, Gen 22:18 ע ׳בְּקֹלִי שָׁמַעְתָּ אֲשֶׁר Gen 26:5; 2Sa 12:6; so כִּי עֵקֶב 2Sa 12:10; Amo 4:12 ׳ע לך אעשׂה זאת כִּי; עֵקֶב alone, Num 14:24, and (followed by imperfect) Deu 7:12 ׳ע תשׁמעון in consequence of your hearkening, etc., Deu 8:20.
2 consequence = gain, reward, Psa 19:12 רָב עֵקֶב בְּשָׁמְרָם, Pro 22:4 י (וְ)יִרְאַת עֲנָוָה ׳עֵקֶב וגו ׳עשֶׁר.
3 end (of time), adverb accusative, Psa 119:33 ע ׳וְאֶצֳּרֶנָּה to the end, Psa 119:112 ׳ע לְעוֺלָם (compare Ecclus 16:3; עִקְבָּא ᵑ7 (rare)).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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