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Lexicon :: Strong's H349 - 'êḵ

Aa
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 BoxGen 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 - So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - See, the money which was in the mouth of our bags we gave back to you when we came again from Canaan: how then might we take silver or gold from your lord's house?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:12 - And Moses, answering the Lord, said, See, the children of Israel will not give ear to me; how then will Pharaoh give ear to me, whose lips are unclean?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:30 - And Moses said to the Lord, My lips are unclean; how is it possible that Pharaoh will give me a hearing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:17 - If you say in your hearts, These nations are greater in number than we are: how are we to take their land from them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30 - After their destruction take care that you do not go in their ways, and that you do not give thought to their gods, saying, How did these nations give worship to their gods? I will do as they did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:21 - And if you say in your hearts, How are we to be certain that the word does not come from the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, It may be that you are living among us; how then may we make an agreement with you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15 - And she said to him, Why do you say you are my lover when your heart is not mine? Three times you have made sport of me, and have not made clear to me the secret of your great strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - (Now the children of Benjamin had word that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Make clear how this evil thing took place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:18 - Then she said, Do nothing now, my daughter, till you see what will come of this; for the man will take no rest till he has put this thing through.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - And Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. And the Lord said, Take a young cow with you and say, I have come to make an offering to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:5 - And David said to the young man who gave him the news, Why are you certain that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:14 - And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19 - The glory, O Israel, is dead on your high places! How have the great ones been made low!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25 - How have the great ones been made low in the fight! Jonathan is dead on your high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:27 - How have the great ones been made low, and the arms of war broken!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - Then again Abner said to Asahel, Go to one side, do not keep on coming after me: why will you make me put an end to you? for then I will be shamed before your brother Joab.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:9 - And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18 - And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 - Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 - Now the servant of the man of God, having got up early and gone out, saw an army with horses and carriages of war all round the town. And the servant said to him, O my master, what are we to do?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:4 - But they were full of fear, and said, The two kings have gone down before him: how may we keep our place?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28 - So one of the priests whom they had taken away as a prisoner from Samaria came back, and, living in Beth-el, became their teacher in the worship of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:6 - For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:1 - <For the chief music-maker. Of David.> In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11 - And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:19 - How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 - How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12 - And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 - I have put off my coat; how may I put it on? My feet are washed; how may I make them unclean?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - That you will take up this bitter song against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the cruel overseer come to an end! He who was lifted up in pride is cut off;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - How great is your fall from heaven, O shining one, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the earth, low among the dead bodies!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - And those living by the sea will say in that day, See the fate of our hope to whom we went for help and salvation from the king of Assyria: what hope have we then of salvation?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:11 - For myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glory I will not give to another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 - But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23 - How are you able to say, I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, be clear about what you have done: you are a quick-footed camel twisting her way in and out;

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