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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 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - And Abraam said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put thy hand under my thigh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9 - And the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraam, and swore to him concerning this matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:25 - (LXX 32:26) And he saw that he prevailed not against him; and he touched the broad part of his thigh, and the broad part of Jacob's thigh was benumbed in his wrestling with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:31 - (LXX 32:32) And the sun rose upon him, when he passed the Face of God; and he halted upon his thigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:32 - (LXX 32:33) Therefore the children of Israel will by no means eat of the sinew which was benumbed, which is on the broad part of the thigh, until this day, because the angel touched the broad part of the thigh of Jacob—even the sinew which was benumbed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:26 - And all the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his [fn]loins, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob, even all the souls were sixty-six.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 - And the days of Israel drew nigh for him to die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If I have found favour before thee, put thy hand under my thigh, and thou shalt execute mercy and truth toward me, so as not to bury me in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:5 - But Joseph was in Egypt. And all the souls born of Jacob were seventy-five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold; thou shalt make the candlestick of graven work: its stem and its branches, and its bowls and its knops and its lilies shall be [fn]of one piece.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42 - And thou shalt make for them linen drawers to cover the nakedness of their flesh; they shall reach from the loins to the thighs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - And he says to them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every one his sword on his thigh, and go through and return from gate to gate through the camp, and slay every one his brother, and every one his neighbour, and every one him that is nearest to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - (LXX 38:13) And he made the candlestick which gives light, of gold;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - And he put the table in the tabernacle of witness, on the north side without the veil of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - And he put the candlestick into the tabernacle of witness, on the side of the tabernacle toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11 - And he shall lay his hand on its head; and they shall kill it by the side of the altar, toward the north before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron the priests shall pour its blood on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29 - The families of the sons of Caath, shall encamp beside the tabernacle toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the head of the house of the families of the division of Merari, was Suriel the son of Abichail: they shall encamp by the side of the tabernacle northwards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - then the priest shall adjure the woman by the oaths of this curse, and the priest shall say to the woman, The Lord bring thee into a curse and under an oath in the midst of thy people, in that the Lord should cause thy thigh to rot and thy belly to swell;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and this water bringing the curse shall enter into thy womb to cause thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. And the woman shall say, So be it, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - And it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have altogether escaped the notice of her husband, then the water of the conviction that brings the curse shall enter into her; and she shall swell in her belly, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shall be for a curse in the midst of her people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4 - And this is the [fn]construction of the candlestick: it is solid, golden—its stem, and its lilies—all solid: according to the pattern which the Lord shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - And Aod made himself a dagger of two edges, of a span long, and he girded it under his cloak upon his right thigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - And it came to pass as he arose, that Aod stretched forth his left hand, and took the dagger off his right thigh, and plunged it into his belly;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:30 - And Gedeon had seventy sons begotten of his body, for he had many wives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - And he smote them leg on thigh with a great overthrow; and went down and dwelt in a cave of the rock Etam.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:14 - And he brought forward the one before the house of the Lord from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and he [fn]set it openly by the [fn]side of the altar northwards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:3 - (LXX 44:4) Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, in thy comeliness, and in thy beauty;

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8 - They all hold a sword, being expert in war: every man has his sword upon his thigh because of fear by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:1 - (LXX 7:2) Thy steps are beautiful in shoes, O daughter of the prince: the joints of thy thighs are like chains, the work of the craftsman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - (LXX 38:19) For after my captivity I repented; and after I knew, I groaned for the day of shame, and shewed thee that I bore reproach from my youth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12 - (LXX 21:17) Cry out and howl, son of man: for this sword is come upon my people, this sword is come upon all the princes of Israel: they shall be as strangers: judgment with the sword is come upon my people: therefore clap thine hands, for sentence has been passed:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:4 - and put the pieces into it, every prime piece, the leg and shoulder taken off from the bones,
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