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Lexicon :: Strong's H3895 - lᵊḥî

Aa
לְחִי
Transliteration
lᵊḥî
Pronunciation
lekh-ee'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be soft
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TWOT Reference: 1101a

Strong’s Definitions

לְחִי lᵉchîy, lekh-ee'; from an unused root meaning to be soft; the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone:—cheek (bone), jaw (bone).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H3895 in the following manner: cheek (10x), jaw (7x), jawbone (3x), bone (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H3895 in the following manner: cheek (10x), jaw (7x), jawbone (3x), bone (1x).

  1. jaw, cheek

    1. jaw, jawbone (of animal)

    2. cheek (of man)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לְחִי lᵉchîy, lekh-ee'; from an unused root meaning to be soft; the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone:—cheek (bone), jaw (bone).
STRONGS H3895: Abbreviations
† I. לְחִי noun masculineSongs 1:10 jaw, cheek (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic לוֺחָא; Arabic bdb053411; on Assyrian laḫû compare DlHWB 375, but bdb053412 = ḫ ?); — ל׳ absolute Judges 15:17; Micah 4:14 [Micah 5:1]; construct Judges 15:15 + 2 times; לֶ֑חִי 1 Kings 22:24 + 3 times + Judges 15:19 (twice in verse); suffix לֶחֱיוֺ Job 40:26; לֶחֱיָהּ Lamentations 1:2; dual לְחָיַיִּם Deuteronomy 18:3; construct לְחָיֵי Isaiah 30:28; suffix לְחָיַי Isaiah 50:6, compare Job 16:10, etc.; לְחֵיהֶם Hosea 11:4; —
1. jaw, jawbone, of animal, Judges 15:15, 16 (twice in verse); Judges 15:17 (under jaw of ass), compare proper name, of a location רָכַת לֶ֑חִי Judges 15:17; in simile עַלּלְֿחֵיהֶם כִּמְרִימֵי עֹל Hosea 11:4 like those lifting up a yoke from upon (read מֵעַל ?) their jaws (Israel under figure of oxen); of sacrificial ox or sheep Deuteronomy 18:3; of crocodile Job 40:26; of Pharaoh under figure of תַּנִּים Ezekiel 29:4 (compare Ezekiel 29:3); compare Ezekiel 38:4; Isaiah 30:28.
2. cheek, of man 1 Kings 22:24 2 Chronicles 18:23; Job 16:10; Psalm 3:8; Songs 5:13; Isaiah 50:6; Lamentations 3:30; Micah 4:14 [Micah 5:1]; of woman Songs 1:10; Lamentations 1:2 (figurative of Jerusalem).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

18:3; 18:3

Judges

15:15; 15:15; 15:16; 15:17; 15:17; 15:17; 15:19

1 Kings

22:24; 22:24

2 Chronicles

18:23

Job

16:10; 16:10

Psalms

3:8

Song of Songs

1:10; 1:10; 5:13

Isaiah

30:28; 30:28; 50:6; 50:6

Lamentations

1:2; 1:2; 3:30

Ezekiel

29:3; 29:4; 38:4

Hosea

11:4; 11:4

Micah

5:1; 5:1

H3895

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Strong's Number H3895 matches the Hebrew לְחִי (lᵊḥî),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:3 - And this is to be the priests' right: those who make an offering of a sheep or an ox are to give to the priest the top part of the leg and the two sides of the head and the stomach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:15 - And taking up the mouth-bone of an ass newly dead, which he saw by chance on the earth, he put to death a thousand men with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:16 - And Samson said, With a red ass's mouth-bone I have made them red with blood, with a red ass's mouth-bone I have sent destruction on a thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:17 - And having said these words, he let the mouth-bone go out of his hand; so that place was named Ramath-lehi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19 - Then God made a crack in the hollow rock in Lehi and water came out of it; and after drinking, his spirit came back to him and he was strong again; so that place was named En-hakkore; it is in Lehi to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:24 - Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of the face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23 - Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of his face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:10 - Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 - Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - Come to me, Lord; keep me safe, O my God; for you have given all my haters blows on their face-bones; the teeth of the evil-doers have been broken by you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:10 - Your face is a delight with rings of hair, your neck with chains of jewels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13 - His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - And his breath is as an overflowing stream, coming up even to the neck, shaking the nations for their destruction, like the shaking of grain in a basket: and he will put a cord in the mouths of the people, turning them out of their way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6 - I was offering my back to those who gave me blows, and my face to those who were pulling out my hair: I did not keep my face covered from marks of shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2 - She is sorrowing bitterly in the night, and her face is wet with weeping; among all her lovers she has no comforter: all her friends have been false to her, they have become her haters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:30 - Let his face be turned to him who gives him blows; let him be full of shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 - And I will put hooks in your mouth, and the fish of your streams will be hanging from your skin; and I will make you come up out of your streams, with all the fish of your streams hanging from your skin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:4 - And turning you round, I will put hooks in your mouth and make you come out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them in full war-dress, a great force with breastplate and body-cover, all of them armed with swords:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - I made them come after me with the cords of a man, with the bands of love; I was to them as one who took the yoke from off their mouths, putting meat before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:1 - Now you will give yourselves deep wounds for grief; they will put up a wall round us: they will give the judge of Israel a blow on the face with a rod.
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