{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H6118",
  "lemma": "עֵקֶב",
  "transliteration": "ʻêqeb",
  "definition": "a heel, i.e. (figuratively) the last of anything (used adverbially, for ever); also result, i.e. compensation; and so (adverb with preposition or…",
  "kjv": "[idiom] because, by, end, for, if, reward.",
  "occurrences": 15,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H6117",
      "lemma": "עָקַב",
      "transliteration": "ʻâqab",
      "meaning": "to seize by the heel",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H6117"
    },
    {
      "id": "H6119",
      "lemma": "עָקֵב",
      "transliteration": "ʻâqêb",
      "meaning": "a heel",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H6119"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "עֵ֫קֶב n.[m.] consequence, usu. as adv. acc. as a consequence of, because (that), also reward, end"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 22:18",
      "text": "All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 26:5",
      "text": "because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 14:24",
      "text": "But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/14?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 7:12",
      "text": "It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances and keep and do them, that the LORD your God will keep with you…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/7?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 8:20",
      "text": "As the nations that the LORD makes to perish before you, so you shall perish, because you wouldn’t listen to the LORD…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/8?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 12:6",
      "text": "He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and because he had no pity!”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/12?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 12:10",
      "text": "Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken Uriah the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/12?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 5:23",
      "text": "who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Amos 4:12",
      "text": "“Therefore I will do this to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/amos/4?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 19:12",
      "text": "Moreover your servant is warned by them. In keeping them there is great reward.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/19?v=12"
    }
  ],
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