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Lexicon :: Strong's H349 - 'êḵ

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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 - “Then I said, H559
‘How H349 I would set H7896 you among [fn]My sons H1121
And give H5414 you a pleasant H2532 land, H776
The most H6635 beautiful H6643 inheritance H5159 of the nations!’ H1471
And I said, H559 ‘You shall call H7121 Me, My Father, H1
And not turn H7725 away H7725 from following H310 Me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:8 - “How H351 can you say, H559 ‘We are wise, H2450
And the law H8451 of the LORD H3068 is with us’?
But behold, H2009 the lying H8267 pen H5842 of the scribes H5608
Has made H6213 it into a lie. H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635
“Behold, H2009 I will refine H6884 them and assay H974 them;
For what H349 else can I do, H6213 because H4480 H6440 of the daughter H1323 of My people? H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19 - “For a voice H6963 of wailing H5092 is heard H8085 from Zion, H6726
‘How H349 are we ruined! H7703
We are put H954 to great H3966 shame, H954
For we have left H5800 the land, H776
Because H3588 they have cast H7993 down H7993 our dwellings.’” H4908

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5 - “If H3588 you have run H7323 with footmen H7273 and they have tired H3811 you out,
Then how H349 can you compete H2734 with horses? H5483
If you fall H982 down H982 in a land H776 of peace, H7965
How H349 will you do H6213 in the [fn]thicket H1347 of the Jordan? H3383

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:17 - And they asked H7592 Baruch, H1263 saying, H559 “Tell H5046 us, please, H4994 how H349 did you write H3789 all H3605 these H428 words? H1697 Was it [fn]at his dictation?” H6310

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:7 - “How H349 can [fn]it be quiet, H8252
When the LORD H3068 has given H6680 it an order? H6680
Against H413 Ashkelon H831 and against H413 the seacoast H3220— H2348
There H8033 He has assigned H3259 it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:14 - “How H349 can you say, H559 ‘We are mighty H1368 warriors, H1368
And men H376 valiant H2428 for battle’? H4421

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:17 - “Mourn H5110 for him, all H3605 you who live around H5439 him,
Even all H3605 of you who know H3045 his name; H8034
Say, H559 ‘How H351 has the mighty H5797 [fn]scepter H4294 been broken, H7665
A staff H4731 of splendor!’ H8597

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - “How H349 [fn]shattered H2865 it is! How they have wailed! H3213 How H349 Moab H4124 has turned H6437 his back H6203—he is ashamed! H954 So Moab H4124 will become H1961 a laughingstock H7814 and an object H4288 of terror H4288 to all H3605 around H5439 him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:25 - “How H349 [fn]the city H5892 of praise H8416 has not been deserted, H5800
The town H7151 of My joy! H4885

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:23 - “How H349 the hammer H6360 of the whole H3605 earth H776
Has been cut H1438 off H1438 and broken! H7665
How H349 Babylon H894 has become H1961
An object H8047 of horror H8047 among the nations! H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41 - “How H349 [fn]Sheshak H8347 has been captured, H3920
And the praise H8416 of the whole H3605 earth H776 been seized! H8610
How H349 Babylon H894 has become H1961 an object H8047 of horror H8047 among the nations! H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:1 - How H351 lonely H910 sits H3427 the city H5892
That was full H7227 of people! H5971
She has become H1961 like a widow H490
Who H7227 was once great H7227 among the nations! H1471
She who was a princess H8282 among the [fn]provinces H4082
Has become H1961 a forced H4522 laborer! H4522

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:1 - How H351 the Lord H136 has covered H5743 the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726
With a cloud H5743 in His anger! H639
He has cast H7993 from heaven H8064 to earth H776
The glory H8597 of Israel, H3478
And has not remembered H2142 His footstool H1916 H7272
In the day H3117 of His anger. H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:1 - How H351 dark H6004 the gold H2091 has become, H6004
How the pure H2896 gold H3800 has changed! H8132
The sacred H6944 stones H68 are poured H8210 out
At the [fn]corner H7218 of every H3605 street. H2351

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:2 - The precious H3368 sons H1121 of Zion, H6726
Weighed H5537 against fine H6337 gold, H6337
How H351 they are regarded H2803 as earthen H2789 jars, H5035
The work H4639 of a potter’s H3335 hands! H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:17 - “They will take H5375 up a lamentation H7015 over H5921 you and say H559 to you,
‘How H349 you have perished, H6 O inhabited H3427 one,
From the seas, H3220 O renowned H1984 city, H5892
Which H834 was mighty H2389 on the sea, H3220
She and her inhabitants, H3427
Who H834 [fn]imposed H5414 [fn]her terror H2851
On all H3605 her inhabitants! H3427

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:10 - “Now as for you, son H1121 of man, H120 say H559 to the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 ‘Thus H3651 you have spoken, H559 saying, H559 “Surely H3588 our transgressions H6588 and our sins H2403 are upon us, and we are rotting H4743 away H4743 in them; how H349 then can we [fn]survive?”’ H2421

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:8 - How H349 can I give H5414 you up, O Ephraim? H669
How can I surrender H4042 you, O Israel? H3478
How H349 can I [fn]make H5414 you like Admah? H126
How can I treat H7760 you like Zeboiim? H6636
My heart H3820 is turned H2015 over H2015 within H5921 Me,
[fn]All H3162 My compassions H5150 are kindled. H3648

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - “If H518 thieves H1590 came H935 to you,
If H518 [fn]robbers H7703 by night H3915—
O how H349 you will be ruined! H1820—
Would they not steal H1589 only [fn]until they had H1767 enough? H1767
If H518 grape gatherers H1219 came H935 to you,
Would they not leave H7604 some gleanings? H5955

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:6 - “O how H349 Esau H6215 will be ransacked, H2664
And his hidden H4710 treasures H4710 searched H1158 out!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - “On that day H3117 they will take H5375 up against H5921 you a [fn]taunt H4912
And [fn]utter H5091 a bitter H5093 lamentation H5092 and say, H559
‘We are completely H7703 destroyed! H7703
He exchanges H4171 the portion H2506 of my people; H5971
How H349 He removes H4185 it from me!
To the apostate H7728 He apportions H2505 our fields.’ H7704

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This H2088 is the exultant H5947 city H5892
Which dwells H3427 securely, H983
Who says H559 in her heart, H3824
“I am, and there H657 is no H657 one H657 besides H5750 me.”
How H349 she has become H1961 a desolation, H8047
A resting H4769 place H4769 for beasts! H2416
Everyone H3605 who passes H5674 by her will hiss H8319
And wave H5128 his hand H3027 in contempt.

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