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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 Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is she then thy wife? why hast thou said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, I did so, for I said, Lest at any time I die on her account.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 - and in this house there is nothing above me, nor has anything been kept back from me, but thou, because thou art his wife—how then shall I do this wicked thing, and sin against God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - If we brought back to thee out of the land of Chanaan the money which we found in our sacks, how should we steal silver or gold out of the house of thy lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - For how shall I go up to my father, the lad not being with us? lest I behold the evils which will befal my father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:12 - And Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel hearkened not to me, and how shall Pharao hearken to me? and I am not eloquent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:30 - And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am not able in speech, and how shall Pharao hearken to me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - How shall I alone be able to bear your labour, and your burden, and your gainsayings?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:17 - But if thou shouldest say in thine heart, This nation is [fn]greater than I, how shall I be able to destroy them utterly?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30 - take heed to thyself that thou seek not to follow them after they are destroyed before thee, saying, How do these nations act towards their gods? I will do likewise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:21 - But if thou shalt say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - How [fn]should one pursue a thousand, and two rout tens of thousands, if God had not sold them, and the Lord delivered them up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - And the children of Israel said to the Chorrhæan, Peradventure thou dwellest amongst us; and how should I make a covenant with thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15 - And Dalida said to Sampson, How sayest thou, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? this third time thou hast deceived me, and hast not told me wherein is thy great strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - And the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Massepha: and the children of Israel came and said, Tell us, where did this wickedness take place?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:18 - And she said, Sit still, my daughter, until thou shalt know how the matter will fall out; for the man will not rest until the matter be accomplished this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - And Samuel said, How can I go? whereas Saul will hear of it, and slay me: and the Lord said, Take a heifer in thine hand and thou shalt say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:5 - And David said to the young man who brought him the tidings, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:14 - And David said to him, How was it thou wast not afraid to lift thy hand to destroy the anointed of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19 - [fn]Set up a pillar, O Israel, for [fn]the slain that died upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25 - How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, even the slain ones upon thy high places!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:27 - How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - And Abenner said yet again to Asael, Stand aloof from me, lest I smite thee to the ground? and how should I lift up my face to Joab?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:9 - And David feared the Lord in that day, saying, How shall the ark of the Lord come in to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18 - And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died: and the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive we spoke to him, and he hearkened not to our voice; and how should we tell him that the child is dead?—so [fn]would he do himself harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 - And the king referred the matter to the elders, who stood before Solomon his father while he was yet living, saying, How do ye advise [fn]that I should answer this people?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 - And the servant of Elisaie [fn]rose up early and went out; and, behold, a host compassed the city, and horses and chariots: and the servant said to him, O master, [fn]what shall we do?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:4 - And they feared greatly, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: and how shall we stand?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28 - And they brought one of the priests whom they had removed from Samaria, and he settled in Bæthel, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - How then wilt thou turn away the face of one [fn]petty governor from among the least of my lord's servants? whereas thou trustest for thyself on Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - And king Roboam assembled the elders that stood before his father Solomon in his life-time, saying, How do ye counsel me to return an answer to this people?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:6 - For how shall I be able to look upon the affliction of my people, and how shall I be able to survive the destruction of my kindred?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - How then do ye comfort me in vain? whereas I have no rest from your molestation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:1 - (LXX 10:1) For the end, a Psalm of David. In the Lord I have put my trust: how will ye say to my soul, Flee to the mountains as a sparrow?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11 - (LXX 72:11) And they said, How does God know? and [fn]is there knowledge in the Most High?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:19 - (LXX 72:19) How have they become desolate! suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 - (LXX 136:4) How should we sing the Lord's song [fn]in a strange land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12 - and thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool for ever; forasmuch as now in the coming days all things are forgotten: and how shall the wise man die with the fool?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Also if two should lie together, they also get heat: but how shall one be warmed alone?

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - Tell me, thou whom my soul loves, where thou tendest thy flock, where thou causest them to rest at noon, lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of thy companions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 - I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How has the faithful city Sion, once full of judgment, become a harlot! wherein righteousness lodged, but now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - And thou shalt take up this lamentation against the king of Babylon, [fn]How has the extortioner ceased, and the taskmaster ceased!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - How has Lucifer, that rose in the morning, fallen from heaven! He that sent orders to all the nations is crushed to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - And the princes of Tanis shall be fools: as for the king's wise counsellors, their counsel shall be turned into folly: how will ye say to the king, We are sons of wise men, sons of ancient kings?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - And they that dwell in this island shall say in that day, Behold, we trusted to flee to them for help, who could not save themselves from the king of the Assyrians: and how shall we be saved?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - And how can ye then turn to the face of the [fn]satraps? They that trust on the Egyptians for horse and rider are our servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:11 - For mine own sake I will do this for thee, because my name is profaned; and I will not give my glory to another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 - Yet I planted thee a fruitful vine, entirely of the right sort: how art thou a strange vine turned to bitterness!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23 - How wilt thou say, I am not polluted, and have not gone after Baal? behold thy ways in the burial-ground, and know what thou hast done: her voice has howled in the evening:

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