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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 39:9 - “[fn]There H369 is 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - “For how H349 shall I go H5927 up to my father H1 if the lad H5288 is not with me—for fear H6435 that I see H7200 the evil H7451 that would [fn]overtake H4672 my father?” H1

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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, for I am [fn]unskilled H6189 in speech?” H8193

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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?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - ‘How H351 can I alone H905 bear H5375 the load H2960 and burden H4853 of you and your strife? H7379

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:17 - “If H3588 you should say H559 in your heart, H3824 ‘These H428 nations H1471 are greater H7227 than H4480 I; how H351 can H3201 I dispossess H3423 them?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30 - beware H8104 that you are not ensnared H5367 [fn]to follow H310 them, after H310 they are destroyed H8045 before H4480 H6440 you, and that you do not inquire H1875 after 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:21 - “[fn]You may say H559 in your heart, H3824 ‘How H351 will we know H3045 the word H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 has not spoken?’ H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30

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 flight, H5127
Unless H518 H3808 H3588 their Rock H6697 had sold H4376 them,
And the LORD H3068 had given H5462 them up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - 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 shall we make H3772 a covenant H1285 with you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15

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 deceived H8524 me these H2088 three H7969 times H6471 and have not told H5046 me where H4100 your great H1419 strength H3581 is.”

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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 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:18

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; for the man H376 will not rest H8252 until H3588 H518 he has [fn]settled H3615 it today.” H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - But Samuel H8050 said, H559 “How H349 can I go? H1980 When Saul H7586 hears H8085 of it, he will kill H2026 me.” And the LORD H3068 said, H559 “Take H3947 a heifer H5697 with you and say, H559 ‘I have come H935 to sacrifice H2076 to the LORD.’ H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:5 - So 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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:14 - Then David H1732 said H559 to him, “How H349 is it you were not afraid H3372 to stretch H7971 out your hand H3027 to destroy H7843 the LORD’S H3068 anointed?” H4899

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19 - “[fn]Your beauty, H6643 O Israel, H3478 is slain H2491 on your high H1116 places! H1116
How H349 have the mighty H1368 fallen! H5307

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25 - “How H349 have the mighty H1368 fallen H5307 in the midst H8432 of the battle! H4421
Jonathan H3083 is slain H2491 on your high H1116 places. H1116

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:27 - “How H349 have the mighty H1368 fallen, H5307
And the weapons H3627 of war H4421 perished!” H6

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - Abner H74 repeated H3254 H559 again H5750 to Asahel, H6214 “Turn H5493 [fn]aside H5493 from following H310 me. Why H4100 should I strike H5221 you to the ground? H776 How H349 then could I lift H5375 up my face H6440 to your brother H251 Joab?” H3097

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:9 - So David H1732 was 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?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18 - Then it happened H1961 on the seventh H7637 day H3117 that the child H3206 died. H4191 And the servants H5650 of David H1732 were 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 our voice. H6963 How H349 then can we tell H559 him that the child H3206 is dead, H4191 since he might do H6213 himself harm!” H7451

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 - 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 counsel H3289 me to answer H7725 H1697 this H2088 people?” H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15

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, 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, “Alas, H162 my master! H113 [fn]What H351 shall we do?” H6213

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:4

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 before H6440 him; how H349 then can we stand?” H5975

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28 - So one H259 of the priests H3548 whom H834 they had carried H1540 away H1540 into exile H1540 from Samaria H8111 came H935 and lived H3427 at Bethel, H1008 and taught H3384 them how H349 they should fear H3372 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - “How H349 then can you [fn]repulse H7725 H6440 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 for horsemen? H6571

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - 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 counsel H3289 me to answer H7725 H1697 this H2088 people?” H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:6

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - “How H349 then will you vainly H1892 comfort H5162 me,
For your answers H8666 remain H7604 full of [fn]falsehood?” H4604

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:1 - For the choir director. H5329 A Psalm of David. H1732
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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11 - They say, H559 “How H351 does God H410 know? H3045
And is there H3426 knowledge H1844 [fn]with the Most H5945 High?” H5945

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 - How H349 can we sing H7891 the LORD’S H3068 song H7892
In a foreign H5236 land? H127

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12 - And you say, H559 “How H349 I have hated H8130 instruction! H4148
And my heart H3820 spurned H5006 reproof! H8433

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - For there H369 is no H369 [fn]lasting H5769 remembrance H2146 of the wise H2450 man H2450 as with the fool, H3684 inasmuch H7945 as in the coming H935 days H3117 all H3605 will be forgotten. H7911 And how H349 the wise H2450 man H2450 and the fool H3684 alike H5973 die! H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11

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 warm H2552 alone?

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - “Tell H5046 me, O you whom H7945 my soul H5315 loves, H157
Where H351 do you pasture H7462 your flock,
Where H351 do you make 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 - “I have taken H6584 off H6584 my dress, H3801
How H349 can I put H3847 it on again?
I have washed H7364 my feet, H7272
How H349 can I dirty H2936 them again?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How H351 the faithful H539 city H7151 has become H1961 a harlot, H2181
She who was full H4392 of justice! H4941
Righteousness H6664 once lodged H3885 in her,
But now H6258 murderers. H7523

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - that you will take H5375 up 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 [fn]fury H4062 has ceased! H7673

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - “How H349 you have fallen H5307 from heaven, H4605
O [fn]star H1966 of the morning, H1966 son H1121 of the dawn! H7837
You have been cut H1438 down H1438 to the earth, H776
You who have weakened H2522 the nations! H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - The princes 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 men say H559 to Pharaoh, H6547
“I am a son H1121 of the wise, H2450 a son H1121 of ancient H6924 kings”? H4428

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - “So the inhabitants H3427 of this H2008 coastland H339 will say H559 in that day, H3117 ‘Behold, H2009 such H3541 is our hope, H4007 where H834 H8033 we fled H5127 for help H5833 to be delivered H5337 from the king H4428 of Assyria; H804 and we, how H349 shall we escape?’” H4422

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - “How H349 then can you [fn]repulse H7725 H6440 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 for horsemen? H6571

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 - “Yet I planted H5193 you 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

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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 entangling H8308 her ways, H1870

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