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Lexicon :: Strong's H3895 - lᵊḥî

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לְחִי
Transliteration
lᵊḥî
Pronunciation
lekh-ee'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be soft
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1101a

Strong’s Definitions

לְחִי lᵉchîy, lekh-ee'; from an unused root meaning to be soft; the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone:—cheek (bone), jaw (bone).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H3895 in the following manner: cheek (10x), jaw (7x), jawbone (3x), bone (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H3895 in the following manner: cheek (10x), jaw (7x), jawbone (3x), bone (1x).
  1. jaw, cheek

    1. jaw, jawbone (of animal)

    2. cheek (of man)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לְחִי lᵉchîy, lekh-ee'; from an unused root meaning to be soft; the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone:—cheek (bone), jaw (bone).
STRONGS H3895: Abbreviations
† I. לְחִי noun masculineSongs 1:10 jaw, cheek (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic לוֺחָא; Arabic bdb053411; on Assyrian laḫû compare DlHWB 375, but bdb053412 = ?); — ל׳ absolute Judges 15:17; Micah 4:14 [Micah 5:1]; construct Judges 15:15 + 2 times; לֶ֑חִי 1 Kings 22:24 + 3 times + Judges 15:19 (twice in verse); suffix לֶחֱיוֺ Job 40:26; לֶחֱיָהּ Lamentations 1:2; dual לְחָיַיִּם Deuteronomy 18:3; construct לְחָיֵי Isaiah 30:28; suffix לְחָיַי Isaiah 50:6, compare Job 16:10, etc.; לְחֵיהֶם Hosea 11:4; —
1. jaw, jawbone, of animal, Judges 15:15, 16 (twice in verse); Judges 15:17 (under jaw of ass), compare proper name, of a location רָכַת לֶ֑חִי Judges 15:17; in simile עַלּלְֿחֵיהֶם כִּמְרִימֵי עֹל Hosea 11:4 like those lifting up a yoke from upon (read מֵעַל ?) their jaws (Israel under figure of oxen); of sacrificial ox or sheep Deuteronomy 18:3; of crocodile Job 40:26; of Pharaoh under figure of תַּנִּים Ezekiel 29:4 (compare Ezekiel 29:3); compare Ezekiel 38:4; Isaiah 30:28.
2. cheek, of man 1 Kings 22:24 2 Chronicles 18:23; Job 16:10; Psalm 3:8; Songs 5:13; Isaiah 50:6; Lamentations 3:30; Micah 4:14 [Micah 5:1]; of woman Songs 1:10; Lamentations 1:2 (figurative of Jerusalem).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

18:3; 18:3

Judges

15:15; 15:15; 15:16; 15:17; 15:17; 15:17; 15:19

1 Kings

22:24; 22:24

2 Chronicles

18:23

Job

16:10; 16:10

Psalms

3:8

Song of Songs

1:10; 1:10; 5:13

Isaiah

30:28; 30:28; 50:6; 50:6

Lamentations

1:2; 1:2; 3:30

Ezekiel

29:3; 29:4; 38:4

Hosea

11:4; 11:4

Micah

5:1; 5:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3895 matches the Hebrew לְחִי (lᵊḥî),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:3 -

“Now this shall be the legal judgment for the priests taken from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, either an ox or a sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two H3895 cheeks H3895 and the stomach.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:15 - And he found a fresh jawbone H3895 of a donkey, so he sent forth his hand and took it and struck down 1,000 men with it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:16 - Then Samson said,

“With the jawbone H3895 of a donkey,

[fn]Heaps upon heaps,

With the jawbone H3895 of a donkey

I have struck down 1,000 men.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:17 -

Now it happened that when he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone H3895 from his hand; and he named that place [fn]Ramath-lehi.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19 - So God split the hollow place that is in Lehi and water came out of it. Then he drank, and his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he named it [fn]En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:24 -

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek H3895 and said, “How did the Spirit of Yahweh pass from me to speak to you?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23 -

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah approached and struck Micaiah on the cheek H3895 and said, “[fn]How did the Spirit of Yahweh pass from me to speak to you?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:10 -

“They have opened their mouth wide at me;

They have struck me on the cheek H3895 in reproach;

They have massed themselves against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 -

“Can you put a [fn]rope in its nose

Or pierce its jaw H3895 with a [fn]hook?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 -

Arise, O Yahweh; save me, O my God!

For You have struck all my enemies on the [fn]cheek H3895;

You [fn]have shattered the teeth of the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:10 -

“Your cheeks H3895 are lovely with ornaments,

Your neck with strings of [fn]beads.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13 -

“His cheeks H3895 are like a bed of spices,

Towers of sweet-scented herbs;

His lips are lilies

Dripping with liquid myrrh.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 -

His breath is like an overflowing torrent,

Which reaches to the neck,

To shake the nations back and forth in a [fn]sieve of worthlessness,

And to put in the jaws H3895 of the peoples the bridle which staggers one to ruin.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6 -

I gave My back to those who strike Me,

And My cheeks H3895 to those who pluck out the beard;

I did not hide My face from dishonor and spitting.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2 -

Beth

She weeps bitterly in the night,

And her tears are on her cheeks H3895;

She has none to comfort her

Among all her lovers.

All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;

They have become her enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:30 -

Let him give his cheek H3895 to the one who strikes him;

Let him be saturated with reproach.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 -

“I will put hooks in your jaws H3895

And make the fish of your canals of the Nile cling to your scales.

And I will bring you up out of the midst of your canals of the Nile,

And all the fish of your canals of the Nile will cling to your scales.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:4 - “I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws H3895, and I will bring you out, and all your military force, horses and horsemen, all of them [fn]magnificently dressed, a great assembly with large shield and shield, all of them [fn]wielding swords;
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 -

I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love,

And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws H3895;

And I bent down and fed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:1 -

[fn]Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops;

[fn]They have laid siege against us;

With a rod they will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek H3895.

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