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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).
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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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - Then Abimelech H40 called H7121 Isaac H3327 and said H559, “Behold H2009, she certainly H389 is your wife H802! So how H349 is it that you said H559, ‘She is my sister H269’?” And Isaac H3327 said H559 to him, “Because H3588 I thought H559, ‘otherwise H6435 I might H6435 be killed H4191 on H5921 account H5921 of H5921 her.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 - [fn]There H369 is H369 no H369 one greater H1419 in this H2088 house H1004 than H4480 I, and he has withheld H2820 nothing H3808 H3972 from me except H3588 H518 you, because H834 you are his wife H802. How H349 then could I do H6213 this H2088 great H1419 evil H7451, and sin H2398 against God H430?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - “Behold H2005, the money H3701 which H834 we found H4672 in the opening H6310 of our sacks H572 we have brought H7725 back H7725 to you from the land H776 of Canaan H3667. How H349 then could we steal H1589 silver H3701 or H176 gold H2091 from your lord’s H113 house H1004?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - “For how H349 shall I go H5927 up H5927 to my father H1 if the boy H5288 is not with me? I fear that I may see H7200 the evil H7451 that would [fn]overtake H4672 my father H1.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:12 - But Moses H4872 spoke H1696 before H6440 the LORD H3068, saying H559, “Behold H2005, the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 have not listened H8085 to me; how H349 then will Pharaoh H6547 listen H8085 to me, as I am [fn]unskilled H6189 in speech H8193?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:30 - But Moses H4872 said H559 before H6440 the LORD H3068, “Behold H2005, I am [fn]unskilled H6189 in speech H8193; how H349 then will Pharaoh H6547 listen H8085 to me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - ‘How H351 can I alone H905 endure H5375 the burden H2960 and weight H4853 of you and your strife H7379?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:17 -

“If H3588 you say H559 in your heart H3824, ‘These H428 nations H1471 are greater H7227 than H4480 I; how H351 can H3201 I dispossess H3423 them?’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30 - be H8104 careful H8104 that you are not ensnared H5367 [fn]to follow H310 them, after H310 they are destroyed H8045 from your presence H6440, and that you do not inquire H1875 about their gods H430, saying H559, ‘How H351 do these H428 nations H1471 serve H5647 their gods H430, that I also H1571 may do H6213 likewise H3651?’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:21 - “And if H3588 you say H559 in your heart H3824, ‘How H351 will we recognize H3045 the word H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 has not spoken H1696?’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 -

“How H351 could one H259 chase H7291 a thousand H505,

And two H8147 put H5127 ten H7233 thousand H7233 to H5127 flight H5127,

Unless H518 H3808 H3588 their Rock H6697 had sold H4376 them,

And the LORD H3068 had given H5462 them up H5462?

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - But the men H376 of Israel H3478 said H559 to the Hivites H2340, “Perhaps H194 you are living H3427 [fn]within H7130 our land H7130; how H349 then are we to make H3772 a covenant H1285 with you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15 -

Then she said H559 to him, “How H349 can you say H559, ‘I love H157 you,’ when your heart H3820 is not with me? You have toyed H8524 with me these H2088 three H7969 times H6471 and have not told H5046 me where H4100 your great H1419 strength H3581 is.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - (Now the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 heard H8085 that the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had gone H5927 up H5927 to Mizpah H4709.) And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559, “Tell H1696 us, how H351 did this H2088 wickedness H7451 take H1961 place H1961?”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:18 - Then she said H559, “Wait H3427, my daughter H1323, until H5704 H834 you know H3045 how H349 the matter H1697 [fn]turns H5307 out H5307; for the man H376 will not rest H8252 until H3588 H518 he has [fn]settled H3615 it today H3117.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - But Samuel H8050 said H559, “How H349 can I go H1980? When Saul H7586 hears H8085 about it, he will kill H2026 me.” But the LORD H3068 said H559, “Take H3947 a heifer H5697 H1241 [fn]with you and say H559, ‘I have come H935 to sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:5 - Then David H1732 said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who told H5046 him, “How H349 do you know H3045 that Saul H7586 and his son H1121 Jonathan H3083 are dead H4191?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:14 - And David H1732 said H559 to him, “How H349 is it you were H3372 not afraid H3372 to reach H7971 out H7971 with your hand H3027 to destroy H7843 the LORD’S H3068 anointed H4899?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19 -

[fn]Your beauty H6643, Israel H3478, is [fn]slaughtered H2491 on your high H1116 places H1116!

How H349 the mighty H1368 have fallen H5307!

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25 -

“How H349 the mighty H1368 have fallen H5307 in the midst H8432 of the battle H4421!

Jonathan H3083 is [fn]slaughtered H2491 on your high H1116 places H1116.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:27 -

“How H349 the mighty H1368 have fallen H5307,

And the weapons H3627 of war H4421 have perished H6!”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - Then Abner H74 repeated H3254 H559 again H5750 to Asahel H6214, “Turn H5493 aside H5493 for your own good from following H310 me. Why H4100 should I strike H5221 you to the ground H776? How H349 then could I [fn]show H5375 my face H6440 to your brother H251 Joab H3097?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:9 - So David H1732 was H3372 afraid H3372 of the LORD H3068 that day H3117; and he said H559, “How H349 can the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 come H935 to me?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18 - Then it happened H1961 on the seventh H7637 day H3117 that the child H3206 died H4191. And David’s H1732 servants H5650 were H3372 afraid H3372 to tell H5046 him that the child H3206 was dead H4191, for they said H559, “Behold H2009, while the child H3206 was still alive H2416, we spoke H1696 to him and he did not listen H8085 to [fn]us H6963. How H349 then can we tell H559 him that the child H3206 is dead H4191, since he might do H6213 himself harm H7451?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 -

And King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 consulted H3289 with the elders H2205 who H834 had H1961 [fn]served H5975 H6440 his father H1 Solomon H8010 while he was still alive H2416, saying H559, “How H349 do you advise H3289 me to answer H7725 H1697 this H2088 people H5971?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 -

Now when the attendant H8334 of the man H376 of God H430 had risen H6965 early H7925 and gone H3318 out H3318, behold H2009, an army H2428 with horses H5483 and chariots H7393 was circling H5437 the city H5892. And his servant H5288 said H559 to him, “This H162 is H162 hopeless H162, my master H113! [fn]What H351 are we to do H6213?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:4 - But they feared H3372 greatly H3966 and said H559, “Behold H2009, the two H8147 kings H4428 did not stand H5975 firm before H6440 him; how H349 then can we stand H5975?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28 - So one H259 of the priests H3548 whom H834 they had led H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 from Samaria H8111 came H935 and lived H3427 in Bethel H1008, and taught H3384 them how H349 they were to fear H3372 the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - “How H349 then can you drive H7725 back H7725 even [fn]one H259 [fn]official H6346 of the least H6996 of my master’s H113 servants H5650, and [fn]rely H982 on Egypt H4714 for chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 -

And then King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 consulted H3289 with the elders H2205 who H834 had H1961 [fn]served H5975 H6440 his father H1 Solomon H8010 while he was still alive H2416, saying H559, “How H349 do you advise H3289 me to answer H7725 H1697 this H2088 people H5971?”

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:6 - “For how H349 can I endure H3201 to see H7200 the disaster H7451 which H834 will happen H4672 to H4672 my people H5971, and how H349 can I endure H3201 to see H7200 the destruction H12 of my kindred H4138?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 -

“So how H349 dare H349 you give H5162 me empty H1892 comfort H5162?

For your answers H8666 remain H7604 nothing but falsehood H4604!”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:1 -

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

In the LORD H3068 I take H2620 refuge H2620;

How H349 can you say H559 to my soul H5315, “Flee H5110 as a bird H6833 to your mountain H2022?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11 -

They say H559, “How H351 does God H410 know H3045?

And is H3426 there H3426 knowledge H1844 [fn]with the Most H5945 High H5945?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:19 -

How H349 they are [fn]destroyed H8047 in a moment H7281!

They are utterly H8552 swept H5486 away H5486 by sudden H1091 terrors H1091!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 -

How H349 can we sing H7891 the LORD’S H3068 song H7892

In a foreign H5236 land H127?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12 -

And you say H559, “How H349 I hated H8130 instruction H4148!

And my heart H3820 disdainfully H5006 rejected H5006 rebuke H8433!

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - For there H369 is H369 no H369 [fn]lasting H5769 remembrance H2146 of the wise H2450, along H5973 with H5973 the fool H3684, since H7945 in the coming H935 days H3117 everything H3605 will [fn]soon H3528 be forgotten H7911. And how H349 the wise H2450 and the fool H3684 alike H5973 die H4191!
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Furthermore H1571, if H518 two H8147 lie H7901 down H7901 together they [fn]keep H2552 warm H2552, but how H349 can one H259 be H2552 warm H2552 alone?
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 -

“Tell H5046 me, you whom H7945 my soul H5315 loves H157,

Where H351 do you pasture H7462 your flock,

Where H351 do you have it lie H7257 down H7257 at noon H6672?

For why H4100 should I be like one who [fn]veils H5844 herself

Beside H5921 the flocks H5739 of your companions H2270?”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 -

“I have taken H6584 off H6584 my dress H3801,

How H349 can I put H3847 it on H3847 again?

I have washed H7364 my feet H7272,

How H349 can I dirty H2936 them again?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 -

How H351 the faithful H539 city H7151 has become H1961 a prostitute H2181,

She who was full H4392 of justice H4941!

Righteousness H6664 once dwelt H3885 in her,

But now H6258 murderers H7523.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - that you will take H5375 up H5375 this H2088 [fn]taunt H4912 against H5921 the king H4428 of Babylon H894, and say H559,

“How H349 the oppressor H5065 has ceased H7673,

And how the [fn]onslaught H4062 has ceased H7673!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 -

“How H349 you have fallen H5307 from heaven H4605,

You [fn]star H1966 of H1966 the H1966 morning H1966, son H1121 of the dawn H7837!

You have been cut H1438 down H1438 to the earth H776,

You who defeated H2522 the nations H1471!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 -

The officials H8269 of [fn]Zoan H6814 are mere H389 fools H191;

The advice H6098 of Pharaoh’s H6547 wisest H2450 advisers H3289 has become H1197 [fn]stupid H1197.

How H349 can you say H559 to Pharaoh H6547,

“I am a son H1121 of the wise H2450, a son H1121 of ancient H6924 kings H4428”?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - “So the inhabitants H3427 of this H2088 coastland H339 will say H559 on that day H3117, ‘Behold H2009, such H3541 is our hope H4007, where H834 H8033 we fled H5127 for help H5833 to be saved H5337 from the king H4428 of Assyria H804; and how H349 are we ourselves H587 to escape H4422?’”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - “How H349 then can you [fn]drive H7725 H6440 back H7725 even one H259 [fn]official H6346 of the least H6996 of my master’s H113 servants H5650 and [fn]rely H982 on Egypt H4714 for chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:11 -

“For My own sake H4616, for My own sake H4616, I will act H6213;

For how H349 can My name be profaned H2490?

And I will not give H5414 My glory H3519 to another H312.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 -

“Yet I planted H5193 you as a choice H8321 vine H8321,

A completely H3605 faithful H571 seed H2233.

How H349 then have you turned H2015 yourself before Me

Into the degenerate H5493 shoots of a foreign H5237 vine H1612?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23 -

“How H349 can you say H559, ‘I am not defiled H2930,

I have not gone H1980 after H310 the Baals H1168’?

Look H7200 at your way H1870 in the valley H1516!

Know H3045 what H4100 you have done H6213!

You are a swift H7031 young H1072 camel H1072 running H8308 about H8308 senselessly H8308 on her ways H1870,


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