Lexicon :: Strong's H3409 - yārēḵ

Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his household who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,

So the servant placed his hand under his master Abraham’s thigh and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

When the man saw that he could not defeat him, he struck Jacob’s hip socket as they wrestled and dislocated his hip.

The sun shone on him as he passed by Penuel[fn] ​— ​limping because of his hip.

The total number of persons belonging to Jacob ​— ​his direct descendants,[fn] not including the wives of Jacob’s sons ​— ​who came to Egypt: sixty-six.

When the time approached for him to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor with you, put your hand under my thigh and promise me that you will deal with me in kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt.

The total number of Jacob’s descendants[fn] was seventy;[fn] Joseph was already in Egypt.

“You are to make a lampstand out of pure, hammered gold. It is to be made of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its buds[fn] and petals.

“Make them linen undergarments to cover their naked bodies; they must extend from the waist to the thighs.

He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Every man fasten his sword to his side; go back and forth through the camp from entrance to entrance, and each of you kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’ ”

Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold. He made it all of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its buds and petals.

Moses placed the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain.

He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle

“He will slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD. Aaron’s sons the priests will splatter its blood against the altar on all sides.

The clans of the Kohathites camped on the south side of the tabernacle,

The leader of the families of the Merarite clans was Zuriel son of Abihail; they camped on the north side of the tabernacle.

“at this point the priest will make the woman take the oath with the sworn curse, and he is to say to her ​— ​‘May the LORD make you into an object of your people’s cursing and swearing when he makes your womb[fn] shrivel and your belly swell.

“When he makes her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, and her womb will shrivel. She will become a curse among her people.

This is the way the lampstand was made: it was a hammered work of gold, hammered from its base to its flower petals. The lampstand was made according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.

Ehud made himself a double-edged sword eighteen inches long.[fn] He strapped it to his right thigh under his clothes

Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, since he had many wives.

He tore them limb from limb[fn] and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.

He took the bronze altar that was before the LORD in front of the temple between his altar and the LORD’s temple, and put it on the north side of his altar.

Mighty warrior, strap your sword at your side.

In your majesty and splendor —

All of them are skilled with swords

and trained in warfare.

Each has his sword at his side

to guard against the terror of the night.

How beautiful are your sandaled feet, princess![fn]

The curves of your thighs are like jewelry,

the handiwork of a master.

“After my return, I felt regret;

After I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief.

I was ashamed and humiliated

because I bore the disgrace of my youth.”

“Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel! They are given over to the sword with my people. Therefore strike your thigh in grief.

“Place the pieces of meat in it,

every good piece —

thigh and shoulder.

Fill it with choice bones.