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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 2 / 2 (Jer 3:19–Zep 2:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:19 - “I thought to myself,
‘I would love to treat you as my own children!’
I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land—
the finest possession in the world.
I looked forward to your calling me ‘Father,’
and I wanted you never to turn from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:8 - “‘How can you say, “We are wise because we have the word of the LORD,”
when your teachers have twisted it by writing lies?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - Therefore, this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:
“See, I will melt them down in a crucible
and test them like metal.
What else can I do with my people?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19 - Hear the people of Jerusalem[fn] crying in despair,
‘We are ruined! We are completely humiliated!
We must leave our land,
because our homes have been torn down.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5 - “If racing against mere men makes you tired,
how will you race against horses?
If you stumble and fall on open ground,
what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:17 - “But first, tell us how you got these messages. Did they come directly from Jeremiah?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:7 - “But how can it be still
when the LORD has sent it on a mission?
For the city of Ashkelon
and the people living along the sea
must be destroyed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:14 - “You used to boast, ‘We are heroes,
mighty men of war.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:17 - You friends of Moab,
weep for him and cry!
See how the strong scepter is broken,
how the beautiful staff is shattered!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - How it is shattered! Hear the wailing! See the shame of Moab! It has become an object of ridicule, an example of ruin to all its neighbors.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:25 - That famous city, a city of joy,
will be forsaken!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:23 - Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth,
lies broken and shattered.
Babylon is desolate among the nations!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41 - “How Babylon[fn] is fallen—
great Babylon, praised throughout the earth!
Now she has become an object of horror
among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:1 - Jerusalem, once so full of people,
is now deserted.
She who was once great among the nations
now sits alone like a widow.
Once the queen of all the earth,
she is now a slave.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:1 - The Lord in his anger
has cast a dark shadow over beautiful Jerusalem.[fn]
The fairest of Israel’s cities lies in the dust,
thrown down from the heights of heaven.
In his day of great anger,
the Lord has shown no mercy even to his Temple.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:1 - How the gold has lost its luster!
Even the finest gold has become dull.
The sacred gemstones
lie scattered in the streets!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:2 - See how the precious children of Jerusalem,[fn]
worth their weight in fine gold,
are now treated like pots of clay
made by a common potter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:17 - Then they will wail for you, singing this funeral song:
“O famous island city,
once ruler of the sea,
how you have been destroyed!
Your people, with their naval power,
once spread fear around the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:10 - “Son of man, give the people of Israel this message: You are saying, ‘Our sins are heavy upon us; we are wasting away! How can we survive?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:8 - “Oh, how can I give you up, Israel?
How can I let you go?
How can I destroy you like Admah
or demolish you like Zeboiim?
My heart is torn within me,
and my compassion overflows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - “If thieves came at night and robbed you
(what a disaster awaits you!),
they would not take everything.
Those who harvest grapes
always leave a few for the poor.
But your enemies will wipe you out completely!

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:6 - Every nook and cranny of Edom[fn]
will be searched and looted.
Every treasure will be found and taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - In that day your enemies will make fun of you
by singing this song of despair about you:
“We are finished,
completely ruined!
God has confiscated our land,
taking it from us.
He has given our fields
to those who betrayed us.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the boisterous city,
once so secure.
“I am the greatest!” it boasted.
“No other city can compare with me!”
But now, look how it has become an utter ruin,
a haven for wild animals.
Everyone passing by will laugh in derision
and shake a defiant fist.

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