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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tables of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:8 - You shall make it hollow, with boards; as it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:18 - And he gave to Moses, when he had made an end of speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, the two tables of the 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 hands, tables that were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:16 - And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tables out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:1 - The LORD said to Moses, "Cut two tables of stone like the first; and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which you broke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:4 - So Moses cut two tables of stone like the first; and he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:28 - And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:29 - When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:7 - And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar, to carry it with them; he made it hollow, with boards.

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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 perform, that is, the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:22 - "These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and he added no more. And he wrote them upon 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 the LORD made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:10 - And the LORD gave me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them were all the words which the LORD had spoken with you on the mountain out of 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 at the end of forty days and forty nights the LORD 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 - So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning 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 - So I took hold of 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 the LORD said to me, 'Hew two tables of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain, and make 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 you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:3 - So 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 at the first writing, the ten commandments which the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly; and the LORD gave them to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:36 - And on the surfaces of its stays and on its panels, he carved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:9 - There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the people 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 except the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the people 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 loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:3 - bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9 - If she is a wall, we will build upon her a battlement of silver; but if she is 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 - And now, go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe 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 pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:5 - They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:2 - And the LORD answered me: "Write the vision; make it plain upon tablets, so he may run who reads it.
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