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Lexicon :: Strong's H3409 - yārēḵ

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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 24:9 - So the servant H5650 placed H7760 his hand H3027 under H8478 the thigh H3409 of Abraham H85 his master, H113 and swore H7650 to him concerning H5921 this H2088 matter. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:25 - When he saw H7200 that he had not prevailed H3201 against him, he touched H5060 the socket H3709 of his thigh; H3409 so the socket H3709 of Jacob’s H3290 thigh H3409 was dislocated H3363 while he wrestled H79 with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:31 - Now the sun H8121 rose H2224 upon him just H834 as he crossed H5674 over H5674 Penuel, H6439 and he was limping H6760 on his thigh. H3409

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:32 - Therefore, H5921 H3651 to this H2088 day H3117 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 do not eat H398 the sinew H1517 of the hip H5384 which H834 is on the socket H3709 of the thigh, H3409 because H3588 he touched H5060 the socket H3709 of Jacob’s H3290 thigh H3409 in the sinew H1517 of the hip. H5384

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:26 - All H3605 the persons H5315 belonging to Jacob, H3290 who came H935 to Egypt, H4714 [fn]his direct H3409 descendants, H3318 not including H905 the wives H802 of Jacob’s H3290 sons, H1121 were sixty-six H8346 H8337 persons H5315 in all, H3605

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 - When [fn]the time H3117 for Israel H3478 to die H4191 drew H7126 near, H7126 he called H7121 his son H1121 Joseph H3130 and said H559 to him, “Please, H4994 if H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight, H5869 place H7760 now H4994 your hand H3027 under H8478 my thigh H3409 and deal H6213 with me in kindness H2617 and [fn]faithfulness. H571 Please H4994 do not bury H6912 me in Egypt, H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:5 - All H3605 the [fn]persons H5315 who came H3318 from the loins H3409 of Jacob H3290 were seventy H7657 [fn]in number, H5315 but Joseph H3130 was already in Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - “Then you shall make H6213 a lampstand H4501 of pure H2889 gold. H2091 The lampstand H4501 and its base H3409 and its shaft H7070 are to be made H6213 of hammered H4749 work; H4749 its cups, H1375 its [fn]bulbs H3730 and its flowers H6525 shall be of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42 - “You shall make H6213 for them linen H906 breeches H4370 to cover H3680 their bare H6172 flesh; H1320 they shall [fn]reach H1961 from the loins H4975 even to the thighs. H3409

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - He said H559 to them, “Thus H3541 says H1696 the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 ‘Every H376 man H376 of you put H7760 his sword H2719 upon his thigh, H3409 and go H5674 H7725 back H7725 and forth H5674 from gate H8179 to gate H8179 in the camp, H4264 and kill H2026 every H376 man H376 his brother, H251 and every H376 man H376 his friend, H7453 and every H376 man H376 his [fn]neighbor.’” H7453

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - Then he made H6213 the lampstand H4501 of pure H2889 gold. H2091 He made H6213 the lampstand H4501 of hammered H4749 work, H4749 its base H3409 and its shaft; H7070 its cups, H1375 its [fn]bulbs H3730 and its flowers H6525 were of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - Then he put H5414 the table H7979 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150 on the north H6828 side H3409 of the tabernacle, H4908 outside H4480 H2351 the veil. H6532

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - Then he placed H7760 the lampstand H4501 in the tent H168 of meeting, H4150 opposite H5227 the table, H7979 on the south H5045 side H3409 of the tabernacle. H4908

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11 - ‘He shall slay H7819 it on the side H3409 of the altar H4196 northward H6828 before H6440 the LORD, H3068 and Aaron’s H175 sons H1121 the priests H3548 shall sprinkle H2236 its blood H1818 around H5439 on the altar. H4196

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29 - The families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Kohath H6955 were to camp H2583 on the southward H8486 side H3409 of the tabernacle, H4908

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - The leader H5387 of the fathers’ H1 households H1004 of the families H4940 of Merari H4847 was Zuriel H6700 the son H1121 of Abihail. H32 They were to camp H2583 on the northward H6828 side H3409 of the tabernacle. H4908

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - (then the priest H3548 shall have the woman H802 swear H7650 with the oath H7621 of the curse, H423 and the priest H3548 shall say H559 to the woman), H802 “the LORD H3068 make H5414 you a curse H423 and an oath H7621 among H8432 your people H5971 by the LORD’S H3068 making H5414 your thigh H3409 [fn]waste H5307 away H5307 and your abdomen H990 swell; H6639

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and this H428 water H4325 that brings H779 a curse H779 shall go H935 into your [fn]stomach, H4578 and make your abdomen H990 swell H6638 and your thigh H3409 [fn]waste H5307 away.” H5307 And the woman H802 shall say, H559 “Amen. H543 Amen.” H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - ‘When he has made her drink H8248 the water, H4325 then it shall come H1961 about, if H518 she has defiled H2930 herself and has been H4603 unfaithful H4604 to her husband, H376 that the water H4325 which brings H779 a curse H779 will go H935 into her [fn]and cause bitterness, H4751 and her abdomen H990 will swell H6638 and her thigh H3409 will [fn]waste H5307 away, H5307 and the woman H802 will become H1961 a curse H423 among H7130 her people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4 - Now this H2088 was the workmanship H4639 of the lampstand, H4501 hammered H4749 work H4749 of gold; H2091 from its base H3409 to its flowers H6525 it was hammered H4749 work; H4749 according to the pattern H4758 which H834 the LORD H3068 had shown H7200 Moses, H4872 so H3651 he made H6213 the lampstand. H4501

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - Ehud H164 made H6213 himself a sword H2719 which had two H8147 edges, H6310 a cubit H1574 in length, H753 and he bound H2296 it on his right H3225 thigh H3409 under H8478 his cloak. H4055

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Ehud H164 stretched H7971 out his left H8040 hand, H8040 took H3947 the sword H2719 from his right H3225 thigh H3409 and thrust H8628 it into his belly. H990

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:30 - Now Gideon H1439 had H1961 seventy H7657 sons H1121 who [fn]were his direct H3409 descendants, H3318 for he had H1961 many H7227 wives. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - He struck H5221 them [fn]ruthlessly H7785 H5921 H3409 with a great H1419 slaughter; H4347 and he went H3381 down H3381 and lived H3427 in the cleft H5585 of the rock H5553 of Etam. H5862

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:14 - The bronze H5178 altar, H4196 which H834 was before H6440 the LORD, H3068 [fn]he brought H7126 from the front H6440 of the house, H1004 from between H996 his altar H4196 and the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 and he put H5414 it on the north H6828 side H3409 of his altar. H4196

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:3 - Gird H2296 Your sword H2719 on Your thigh, H3409 O [fn]Mighty H1368 One, H1368
In Your splendor H1935 and Your majesty! H1926

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8 - “All H3605 of them are wielders H270 of the sword, H2719
Expert H3925 in war; H4421
Each H376 man H376 has his sword H2719 at his side, H3409
Guarding against H4480 the [fn]terrors H6343 of the night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:1 - “[fn]How H4100 beautiful H3302 are your [fn]feet H6471 in sandals, H5275
O [fn]prince’s H5081 daughter! H1323
The curves H2542 of your hips H3409 are like H3644 [fn]jewels, H2481
The work H4639 of the hands H3027 of an artist. H542

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - ‘For after H310 I turned H7725 back, H7725 I repented; H5162
And after H310 I was instructed, H3045 I smote H5606 on my thigh; H3409
I was ashamed H954 and also H1571 humiliated H3637
Because H3588 I bore H5375 the reproach H2781 of my youth.’ H5271

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12 - “Cry H2199 out and wail, H3213 son H1121 of man; H120 for it is against My people, H5971 it is against all H3605 the officials H5387 of Israel. H3478 They are delivered H4048 over to the sword H2719 with My people, H5971 therefore H3651 strike H5606 your thigh. H3409

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:4 - [fn]Put H622 in it the pieces, H5409
Every H3605 good H2896 piece, H5409 the thigh H3409 and the shoulder; H3802
Fill H4390 it with choice H4005 bones. H6106
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