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Lexicon :: Strong's H349 - 'êḵ

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אֵיךְ
Transliteration
'êḵ
Pronunciation
ake
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Part of Speech
interjection, interrogative adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Prolonged from אַי (H335)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 75

Strong’s Definitions

אֵיךְ ʼêyk, ake; also אֵיכָה ʼêykâh ; and אֵיכָכָה ʼêykâkâh ; prolonged from H335; how? or how!; also where:—how, what.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H349 in the following manner: how, what, where.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H349 in the following manner: how, what, where.
interrogative adverb

  1. how?

    interjection

  2. how! (in lamentation)

  3. expression of satisfaction

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵיךְ ʼêyk, ake; also אֵיכָה ʼêykâh ; and אֵיכָכָה ʼêykâkâh ; prolonged from H335; how? or how!; also where:—how, what.
STRONGS H349: Abbreviations
† אֵיךְ 59 (Aramaic אֵיךְ, KAf   [pronounced âch]) adverb.
1. interrogative How? Genesis 26:9; 2 Samuel 1:5, 14; 1 Kings 12:6; Isaiah 20:6 and elsewhere; often with imperfect (especially in 1st person) in an expostulation Genesis 39:9; Genesis 44:8, 34; Joshua 9:7; 2 Samuel 2:22; 2 Samuel 12:18; Psalm 137:4; Isaiah 48:11 for how should it be profaned ? איך תאמר(ו) how canst or dost thou (do you) say... ? Judges 16:15; Isaiah 19:11; Jeremiah 2:23 (compare Jeremiah 8:8 אֵיכָה) Jeremiah 48:14; Psalm 11:1; in an indirect sentence 2 Kings 17:28; Jeremiah 36:17; Ruth 3:18.
2. as an exclamation How! whether of lamentation 2 Samuel 1:19; Jeremiah 2:21; Jeremiah 9:18; Micah 2:4; or of satisfaction Isaiah 14:4, 12; Jeremiah 48:39; Jeremiah 51:41; Obadiah 5 and elsewhere; with intensive force = how gladly! Jeremiah 3:19, how terribly! Jeremiah 9:6 (but others render here 'for how [else] should I do'? etc.) **Hos 11:8 according to Hi Ke We Marti and others.

† אֵיכָה (from אַי and כָּה = כֹּה; compare Assyrian ekiam) adverb
1. interrogative In what manner? τίνι τρόπῳ; (rather more definite than אֵיח = πῶς); Deuteronomy 1:12; Deuteronomy 7:17; Deuteronomy 12:30; Deuteronomy 18:21; Deuteronomy 32:30; Judges 20:3 (indirect sentence) 2 Kings 6:15; Jeremiah 8:8; Psalm 73:11.
2. exclamation How! (slightly more emphatic than אֵיח) Isaiah 1:21; Jeremiah 48:17; Lamentations 1:1; Lamentations 2:1; Lamentations 4:1, 2.
3. Where? (properly north-Israel; compare Aramaic אֵיכָא, axByAf where ? compare DrIntr. 178, 421) only 2 Kings 6:13 Kt Songs 1:7 (twice in verse), — each time in an indirect sentence.

† אֵיכָ֫כָה (Songs) ֵֽֽֽאיכָכָ֫ה (Esther) (from אַי & כָּ֫כָה thus) How? only Songs 5:3 (twice in verse); Esther 8:6 (twice in verse).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:9; 39:9; 44:8; 44:34

Deuteronomy

1:12; 7:17; 12:30; 18:21; 32:30

Joshua

9:7

Judges

16:15; 20:3

Ruth

3:18

2 Samuel

1:5; 1:14; 1:19; 2:22; 12:18

1 Kings

12:6

2 Kings

6:13; 6:15; 17:28

Esther

8:6

Psalms

11:1; 73:11; 137:4

Song of Songs

1:7; 5:3

Isaiah

1:21; 14:4; 14:12; 19:11; 20:6; 48:11

Jeremiah

2:21; 2:23; 3:19; 8:8; 8:8; 9:6; 9:18; 36:17; 48:14; 48:17; 48:39; 51:41

Lamentations

1:1; 2:1; 4:1; 4:2

Hosea

11:8

Obadiah

1:5

Micah

2:4

H349

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H349 matches the Hebrew אֵיךְ ('êḵ),
which occurs 82 times in 74 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 26:9–Jer 2:23)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Quite obviously she is your wife; so how could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die on account of her.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 - “There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - “Look, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - “For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me, lest perhaps I see the evil that would come upon my father?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:12 - And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, “The children of Israel have not heeded me. How then shall Pharaoh heed me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:30 - But Moses said before the LORD, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh heed me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - ‘How can I alone bear your problems and your burdens and your complaints?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:17 - “If you should say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?’—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30 - “take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:21 - “And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?’—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock had sold them,
And the LORD had surrendered them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - Then the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell among us; so how can we make a covenant with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15 - Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) Then the children of Israel said, “Tell us, how did this wicked deed happen?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:18 - Then she said, “Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will turn out; for the man will not rest until he has concluded the matter this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” But the LORD said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:5 - So David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:14 - So David said to him, “How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19 - “The beauty of Israel is slain on your high places!
How the mighty have fallen!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25 - “How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle!
Jonathan was slain in your high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:27 - “How the mighty have fallen,
And the weapons of war perished!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - So Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I face your brother Joab?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:9 - David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the LORD come to me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18 - Then on the seventh day it came to pass that the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead. For they said, “Indeed, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not heed our voice. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He may do some harm!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 - Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 - And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:4 - But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, “Look, two kings could not stand up to him; how then can we stand?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28 - Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - “How then will you repel one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, saying, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:6 - “For how can I endure to see the evil that will come to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my countrymen?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - How then can you comfort me with empty words,
Since falsehood remains in your answers?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

In the LORD I put my trust;
How can you say to my soul,
“Flee as a bird to your mountain”?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11 - And they say, “How does God know?
And is there knowledge in the Most High?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:19 - Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment!
They are utterly consumed with terrors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 - How shall we sing the LORD’s song
In a foreign land?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12 - And say:
“How I have hated instruction,
And my heart despised correction!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever,
Since all that now is will be forgotten in the days to come.
And how does a wise man die?
As the fool!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm;
But how can one be warm alone?

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - (To Her Beloved)
Tell me, O you whom I love,
Where you feed your flock,
Where you make it rest at noon.
For why should I be as one who veils herself[fn]
By the flocks of your companions?

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 - I have taken off my robe;
How can I put it on again?
I have washed my feet;
How can I defile them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How the faithful city has become a harlot!
It was full of justice;
Righteousness lodged in it,
But now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - that you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say:

“How the oppressor has ceased,
The golden[fn] city ceased!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - “How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer,[fn] son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - Surely the princes of Zoan are fools;
Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel.
How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise,
The son of ancient kings?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - “And the inhabitant of this territory will say in that day, ‘Surely such is our expectation, wherever we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - “How then will you repel one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:11 - For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it;
For how should My name be profaned?
And I will not give My glory to another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 - Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality.
How then have you turned before Me
Into the degenerate plant of an alien vine?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23 - “How can you say, ‘I am not polluted,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley;
Know what you have done:
You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,

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