Consequence
עֵ֫קֶבStrong’s H6118eqev (e-qev)
Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Eqev is the Hebrew word usually translated “consequence”, “consequence of” and “end”. It appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
“And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.”
Meaning
- Consequenceconsequence, gain, reward · end
- As a consequence, because, consequently
- As a consequence of, that, because
How it's translated
- consequence 9
- consequence of 4
- end 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 5
- Genesis 2
- Deuteronomy 2
- 2 Samuel 2
- Numbers 1
- Proverbs 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 26:5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
- Numbers 14:24But 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 possess it.
- Deuteronomy 7:12Wherefore 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 which he sware unto thy fathers:
- Deuteronomy 8:20As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
- 2 Samuel 12:6And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
- 2 Samuel 12:10Now 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.
Hebrew dictionary
עֵ֫קֶב eqev · consequence
1) consequence 1a) consequence 1b) consequence, gain, reward 1c) end adv 2) as a consequence, because, consequently conj 3) as a consequence of, that, because
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “consequence” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONSEQUENCE, noun
[Latin, to follow. See Seek.]
- That which follows from any act, cause, principle, or series of actions.
- In logic, a proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; the conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference; deduction.
- Connection of cause and effect; consecution.
- Influence; tendency, as to effects.
All definitions
- Importance; extensive influence; distinction; as a man of great consequence in society.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.