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Lexicon :: Strong's H3409 - yārēḵ

Aa
יָרֵך
Transliteration
yārēḵ
Pronunciation
yaw-rake'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be soft
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 916a

Strong’s Definitions

יָרֵךְ yârêk, yaw-rake'; from an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side:—× body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H3409 in the following manner: thigh (21x), side (7x), shaft (3x), loins (2x), body (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H3409 in the following manner: thigh (21x), side (7x), shaft (3x), loins (2x), body (1x).

  1. thigh, side, loin, base

    1. thigh

      1. outside of thigh (where sword was worn)

      2. loins (as the seat of procreative power)

    2. side (flank) (of object)

    3. base

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָרֵךְ yârêk, yaw-rake'; from an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side:—× body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.
STRONGS H3409: Abbreviations
† יָרֵךְ noun feminineNumbers 5:27 thigh, loin, side, base (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יַרְכָּא; Zinjirli ירך loin; Assyrian arku, arkâtu, back, rear, hereafter DlHWB 242; Arabic bdb043704 hip) — absolute יָרֵךְ Judges 15:8 + 6 times; construct יֶ֫רֶךְ Genesis 24:9 + 11 times + 2 Samuel 3:27 (see below); suffix יְרֵכִי Genesis 24:2; Genesis 47:29; יְרֵכֵךְ Numbers 5:21; יְרֵכוֺ Genesis 32:26 + 6 times; יְרֵכָהּ Exodus 25:31+ 3 times; dual יְרֵכַיִם Exodus 28:42; suffix יְרֵכַיִךְ Songs 7:2; —
1. thigh,
a. outside of thigh, where sword was worn, שִׂים חֶרֶב עַליְֿרֵכוֺ Exodus 32:27 (E); וַיַחְגֹּר אֹתָהּ עַליֶֿרֶךְ יְמִינוֺ Judges 3:16 and he girded it upon his right thigh, Judges 3:21; Psalm 45:4; Songs 3:8; כַּף הַיָּרֵךְ Genesis 32:33 hollow of the thigh, Genesis 32:26 (twice in verse); Genesis 32:33 [Genesis 32:32] (all J); חַמּוּקֵי יְרֵכַיִךְ Cant 7:2 the roundings of thy thighs; מִמָּתְנַיִם וְעַדיְֿרֵכַיִם Exodus 28:42 (P); || בֶּטֶן Numbers 5:21, 22, 27 (P); צֹלֵעַ עַליְֿרֵכוֺ Genesis 32:32 (J), limping upon his thigh; סָפַק עַליָֿרֵח Jeremiah 31:19 and (with אֶלֿ) Ezekiel 21:17, smite upon, thigh, in token of consternation; וַיַּךְ אוֺתָם שׁוֺק עַלֿ יָרֵךְ Judges 15:8 and he smote them, hip upon thigh, a great slaughter.
b. thigh = loins, as seat of procreative power (RSK. 34; Semitic i, 360 (380)) יֹצְאֵי ירך those proceeding from the loins of any one Genesis 46:26; Exodus 1:5 (both P), Judges 8:30; hence שִׂים יַד תַּחַת ירך place the hand under thigh, in taking oath Genesis 24:2, 9 (J), Genesis 47:29.
2. side (flank) of altar 2 Kings 16:14; Leviticus 1:11 (P); of tabernacle Exodus 40:22, 24; Numbers 3:29, 35 (all P); also יֶרֶךְ הַשַּׁעַר (for MT תּוֺךְ הַשּׁ׳) Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr Bu Kit.
3. base (loins) of candlestick Exodus 25:31; Exodus 37:17; Numbers 8:4 (all P).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3410.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:2; 24:2; 24:9; 24:9; 32:26; 32:26; 32:32; 32:32; 46:26; 47:29; 47:29

Exodus

1:5; 25:31; 25:31; 28:42; 28:42; 32:27; 37:17; 40:22; 40:24

Leviticus

1:11

Numbers

3:29; 3:35; 5:21; 5:21; 5:22; 5:27; 5:27; 8:4

Judges

3:16; 3:21; 8:30; 15:8; 15:8

2 Samuel

3:27

2 Kings

16:14

Psalms

45:4

Song of Songs

3:8; 7:2; 7:2

Jeremiah

31:19

Ezekiel

21:17

H3409

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Strong's Number H3409 matches the Hebrew יָרֵך (yārēḵ),
which occurs 34 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9 - And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:25 - But when the man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob, he gave him a blow in the hollow part of his leg, so that his leg was damaged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:31 - And while he was going past Peniel, the sun came up. And he went with unequal steps because of his damaged leg.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:32 - For this reason the children of Israel, even today, never take that muscle in the hollow of the leg as food, because the hollow of Jacob's leg was touched.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:26 - All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, the offspring of his body, were sixty-six, without taking into account the wives of Jacob's sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 - And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:5 - All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - And you are to make a support for lights, of the best gold; its base and its pillar are to be of hammered gold; its cups, its buds, and its flowers are to be made of the same metal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42 - And you are to make them linen trousers, covering their bodies from the middle to the knee;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - And he said to them, This is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: Let every man take his sword at his side, and go from one end of the tents to the other, putting to death his brother and his friend and his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - Then he made the support for the lights, all of the best gold; its base and its pillar were of hammered gold; its cups and buds and flowers were all made out of the same metal:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - And he put the table in the Tent of meeting, on the north side outside the veil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - The support for the lights he put in the Tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11 - And he is to put it to death on the north side of the altar before the Lord: and Aaron's sons, the priests, are to put some of the blood on and round the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29 - The tents of the Kohathites are to be placed on the south side of the House.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - The chief of the families of Merari was Zuriel, the son of Abihail: their tents are to be placed on the north side of the House.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - Then the priest will put the oath of the curse on the woman, and say to her, May the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people, sending on you wasting of the legs and disease of the stomach;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - And this water of the curse will go into your body, causing disease of your stomach and wasting of your legs: and the woman will say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - And it will be that if the woman has become unclean, sinning against her husband, when she has taken the bitter water it will go into her body, causing disease of the stomach and wasting of the legs, and she will be a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4 - The support for the lights was of hammered gold work, from its base to its flowers it was of hammered work; from the design which the Lord had given to Moses, he made the support for the lights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - So Ehud made himself a two-edged sword, a cubit long, which he put on at his right side under his robe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - And Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right side, and sent it into his stomach;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:30 - Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - And he made an attack on them, driving them in uncontrolled flight, and causing great destruction; then he went away to his safe place in the crack of the rock at Etam.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:14 - And the brass altar, which was before the Lord, he took from the front of the house, from between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:3 - Put on your sword, make it ready at your side, O strong chief, with your glory and power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8 - All of them armed with swords, trained in war; every man has his sword at his side, because of fear in the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:1 - How beautiful are your feet in their shoes, O king's daughter! The curves of your legs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a good workman:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - Truly, after I had been turned, I had regret for my ways; and after I had got knowledge, I made signs of sorrow: I was put to shame, truly, I was covered with shame, because I had to undergo the shame of my early years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12 - Give loud cries and make sounds of grief, O son of man: for it has come on my people, it has come on all the rulers of Israel: fear of the sword has come on my people: for this cause give signs of grief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:4 - And get the bits together, the fat tail, every good part, the leg and the top part of it: make it full of the best bones.
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