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Lexicon :: Strong's H3871 - lûaḥ

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לוּחַ
Transliteration
lûaḥ
Pronunciation
loo'-akh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1091a

Strong’s Definitions

לוּחַ lûwach, loo'-akh; or לֻחַ luach; from a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal:—board, plate, table.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's H3871 in the following manner: tables (38x), boards (4x), plates (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's H3871 in the following manner: tables (38x), boards (4x), plates (1x).

  1. board, slab, tablet, plank

    1. tablets (of stone)

    2. boards (of wood)

    3. plate (of metal)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לוּחַ lûwach, loo'-akh; or לֻחַ luach; from a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal:—board, plate, table.
STRONGS H3871: Abbreviations
† לוּחַ noun masculine tablet, board or plank, plate (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic לוּחָא, bdb053109; Arabic bdb053110; (modern pronunciation lûḥ, lôḥ, compare e.g. SpiroArab.-Eng. Vocab. Buhl), Ethiopic bdb053111, but Assyrian li’û (as if from לחה) in DlHWB 366; see, however, lêjum (lêyum) JägerBAS i, 486); — ל׳ absolute Isaiah 30:8; construct Proverbs 3:3 + 4 times; dual לֻחֹתָ֑יִם Ezekiel 27:5; plural לוחֹת (לֻחוֺת, לֻחֹת) absolute Exodus 32:16 + 17 times; construct Deuteronomy 4:13 + 16 times; —
1. chiefly of stone tablets on which ten words were written Exodus 24:12; Exodus 31:18b; Exodus 32:16 (twice in verse); Exodus 32:19 (all E), Exodus 34:1 (3 times in verse); Exodus 34:4 (twice in verse); Exodus 34:28 (all J), Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 5:19; Deuteronomy 9:9, 10, 11, 17; Deuteronomy 10:1, 2(twice in verse); Deuteronomy 10:3 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 10:4, 5; 1 Kings 8:9; 2 Chronicles 5:10; הָעֵדֻת ל׳ Exodus 31:18a; Exodus 32:15; compare Exodus 34:29 (all P); הַבְּרִית ל׳ Deuteronomy 9:9, 11, 15; tablet for writing prophecy Isaiah 30:8 ׅ || (סֵפֶר, Habakkuk 2:2, and figurative, b>לוּחַ לָבְּךָ Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:3 (for writing wise counsel), compare Jeremiah 17:1 (inscribing sin of Judah); (verb mostly כָּחַב Exodus 31:18b; Exodus 32:15; Deuteronomy 9:10; עַל כ׳ Exodus 34:1, 28; Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 5:19; Deuteronomy 10:2, 4; Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:3; Isaiah 30:8; חָרַשׁ עַל Jeremiah 17:1; כָּרַת followed by accusative Deuteronomy 9:9 compare 1 Kings 8:9 2 Chronicles 5:10; חָרַת עַל Exodus 32:16; בֵּאֵר עַל Habakkuk 2:2).
2. wooden boards, composing altar of tabernacle Exodus 27:8; Exodus 38:7; planks composing ship (figurative of Tyre) Ezekiel 27:5; compare נָצוּר עָלָיהָ לוּחַ אָ֑רֶז Songs 8:9, of door.
3. (metal) plates on bases of lavers in Solomon's temple 1 Kings 7:36.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

24:12; 27:8; 31:18; 31:18; 31:18; 32:15; 32:15; 32:16; 32:16; 32:16; 32:19; 34:1; 34:1; 34:4; 34:28; 34:28; 34:29; 38:7

Deuteronomy

4:13; 4:13; 4:13; 5:19; 5:19; 9:9; 9:9; 9:9; 9:10; 9:10; 9:11; 9:11; 9:15; 9:17; 10:1; 10:2; 10:2; 10:3; 10:4; 10:4; 10:5

1 Kings

7:36; 8:9; 8:9

2 Chronicles

5:10; 5:10

Proverbs

3:3; 3:3; 3:3; 7:3; 7:3

Song of Songs

8:9

Isaiah

30:8; 30:8; 30:8

Jeremiah

17:1; 17:1

Ezekiel

27:5; 27:5

Habakkuk

2:2; 2:2

H3871

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3871 matches the Hebrew לוּחַ (lûaḥ),
which occurs 43 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:12 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Come up to me into the mountain, and be there; and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the commandment that I have written, for their instruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:8 - Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it hath been shewn thee on the mountain, so shall they make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:18 - And he gave to Moses, when he had ended speaking with him on mount Sinai, the two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15 - And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand -- tables written on both their sides: on this side and on that were they written.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:16 - And the tables were God's work, and the writing was God's writing, engraven on the tables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - And it came to pass, when he came near the camp, and saw the calf and the dancing, that Moses' anger burned, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and shattered them beneath the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:1 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Hew for thyself two tables of stone like the first; and I will write upon the tables the words that were upon the first tables, which thou hast broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:4 - And he hewed two tables of stone like the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to mount Sinai, as Jehovah had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:28 - -- And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he ate no bread, and drank no water. -- And he wrote on the tables the words of the covenant, the ten words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:29 - And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai -- and the two tables of testimony were in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mountain -- that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone through his talking with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:7 - And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. Hollow with boards did he make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:13 - And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to do, the ten words; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:22 - These words Jehovah spoke to all your congregation on the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the obscurity, with a great voice, and he added no more; and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:9 - when I went up the mountain to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, and I abode in the mountain forty days and forty nights, -- I ate no bread and drank no water, --

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:10 - -- and Jehovah delivered to me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words which Jehovah spoke with you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:11 - And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Jehovah gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15 - And I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:17 - And I seized the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:1 - At that time Jehovah said unto me, Hew for thyself two tables of stone like the first, and come up unto me into the mountain, and make thee an ark of wood;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:2 - and I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt lay them in the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:3 - And I made an ark of acacia-wood, and hewed two tables of stone like the first, and went up the mountain with the two tables in my hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:4 - And he wrote on the tables, as the first writing, the ten words which Jehovah spoke unto you on the mountain, from the midst of the fire, on the day of the assembly, and Jehovah gave them unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:5 - And I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; -- and they are there, as Jehovah commanded me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:36 - And he engraved on the plates of its stays and on its panels cherubim, lions and palm-trees, according to the space upon each; and garlands were round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:9 - There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses placed there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:10 - There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:3 - Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:3 - Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9 - If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver; And if she be a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:8 - Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and record it in a book, that it may be for the time to come, as a witness for ever,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:1 - The sin of Judah is written with a style of iron, with the point of a diamond, engraven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:5 - They made all thy double boards of cypress-trees of Senir; they took cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:2 - And Jehovah answered me and said, Write the vision, and engrave it upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.
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