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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).
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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 BoxDeu 12:30 - Take heed H8104 to thyself that H6435➔ thou be H5367➔ not ➔H6435 snared ➔H5367 by following them, H310 after that H310 they be destroyed H8045 from before thee; H6440 and that H6435➔ thou enquire H1875 not ➔H6435 after their gods, H430 saying, H559 How H349 did H5647➔ these H428 nations H1471 serve ➔H5647 their gods? H430 even H6213➔ so H3651 will ➔H6213➔ I H589 do ➔H6213 likewise. H1571

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:21 - And if H3588 thou say H559 in thine heart, H3824 How H349 shall we know H3045 the word H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 hath H1696➔ not H3808 spoken? ➔H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - How H349 should H7291➔ one H259 chase ➔H7291 a thousand, H505 and two H8147 put H5127➔ ten thousand H7233 to flight, ➔H5127 except H518 H3808 H3588 their Rock H6697 had sold them, H4376 and the LORD H3068 had shut them up? H5462

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - And H559➔ Samuel H8050 said, ➔H559 How H349 can I go? H3212 if H8085➔ Saul H7586 hear ➔H8085 it, he will kill me. H2026 And H559➔ the LORD H3068 said, ➔H559 Take H3947 an heifer H5697 H1241 with thee, H3027 and say, H559 I am come H935 to sacrifice H2076 to the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18 - And it came to pass H1961 on the H3117➔ seventh H7637 day, ➔H3117 that H4191➔ the child H3206 died. ➔H4191 And H3372➔ the servants H5650 of David H1732 feared ➔H3372 to tell H5046 him that H3588 the child H3206 was dead: H4191 for H3588 they said, H559 Behold, H2009 while H1961➔ the child H3206 was yet ➔H1961 alive, H2416 we spake H1696 unto him, H413 and H3808➔ he would H8085➔ not ➔H3808 hearken ➔H8085 unto our voice: H6963 how H349 will he then vex himself, H6213 H7451 if we tell H559 him H413 that H4191➔ the child H3206 is dead? ➔H4191

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