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Lexicon :: Strong's H3897 - lāḥaḵ

Aa
לָחַךְ
Transliteration
lāḥaḵ
Pronunciation
law-khak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1103

Strong’s Definitions

לָחַךְ lâchak, law-khak'; a primitive root; to lick:—lick (up).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H3897 in the following manner: lick (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H3897 in the following manner: lick (6x).

  1. to lick, lick up

    1. (Qal) to lick up

    2. (Piel) to lick up

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָחַךְ lâchak, law-khak'; a primitive root; to lick:—lick (up).
STRONGS H3897: Abbreviations
† לחַךְ verb lick (Late Hebrew id.; so Aramaic לְחַךְ bdb053504; Arabic bdb053505; —
Qal Infinitive construct כִּלְחֹךְ Numbers 22:4 (E), followed by accusative; of ox licking up grass.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular לִחֵ֑כָה 1 Kings 18:38; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יְלַחֲכוּ Numbers 22:4; Micah 7:17; יְלַחֵ֑כוּ Psalm 72:9; Isaiah 43:23; lick up (followed by accusative), fire from heaven the water in trench 1 Kings 18:38; of Israel consuming produce of land Numbers 22:3(E); especially עָפָר ל׳ lick the dust, sign of humiliation Micah 7:17; Psalm 72:9; Isaiah 49:23.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

22:3; 22:4; 22:4

1 Kings

18:38; 18:38

Psalms

72:9; 72:9

Isaiah

43:23; 49:23

Micah

7:17; 7:17

H3897

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3897 matches the Hebrew לָחַךְ (lāḥaḵ),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:4 - Moab H4124 said H559 to the elders H2205 of Midian H4080, “Now H6258 this [fn]horde H6951 will eat H3897 up H3897 all H3605 that is around H5439 us, as the ox H7794 eats H3897 up H3897 the grass H3418 of the field H7704!” And Balak H1111 the son H1121 of Zippor H6834 was king H4428 of Moab H4124 at that time H6256.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:38 - Then the fire H784 of the LORD H3068 fell H5307 and consumed H398 the burnt H5930 offering H5930 and the wood H6086, and the stones H68 and the dust H6083; and it licked H3897 up H3897 the water H4325 that was in the trench H8585.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9 -

[fn]May the nomads H6728 of H6728 the H6728 desert H6728 bow H3766 before H6440 him,

And his enemies H340 lick H3897 the dust H6083.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23 -

“Kings H4428 will be your guardians H539,

And their princesses H8282 your nurses H3243.

They will bow H2331 down H2331 to you with their faces H639 to the ground H776

And lick H3897 the dust H6083 from your feet H7272;

And you will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068;

Those who H834 hopefully H6960 wait H6960 for Me will not be put H954 to H954 shame H954.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 -

They will lick H3897 up H3897 dust H6083 like a snake H5175,

Like [fn]reptiles H2119 of the earth H776.

They will come H7264 trembling H7264 out of their [fn]fortresses H4526;

To the LORD H3068 our God H430 they will come H6342 in H6342 trepidation H6342,

And they will be H3372 afraid H3372 of You.

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